#C599FF#C599FF

#C599FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.148 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C599FF
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(266, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(266, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 36.08, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 57.46, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0806 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.148 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4633, 41.8728, 99.9067)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C599FF #D3FF99

analogous

#99A0FF #C599FF #F899FF

triadic

#C599FF #FFC599 #99FFC5

tetradic

#C599FF #FF99A0 #D3FF99 #99FFF8

square

#C599FF #FF99A0 #D3FF99 #99FFF8

split-complementary

#C599FF #FFF899 #A0FF99

monochromatic

#7F1FFF #A25CFF #C599FF #E8D6FF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C599FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C599FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C599FF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C599FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C599FF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ADFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c599ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.148 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b7ff',
    500: '#c599ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c599ff;
$custom-light: #d8b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c599ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76261,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C599FF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60083

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C599FF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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