#C697DE#C697DE

#C697DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C697DE
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 30.30, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 42.19, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0773 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.112 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5380, 39.4137, 74.1964)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C697DE #AFDE97

analogous

#A297DE #C697DE #DE97D3

triadic

#C697DE #DEC697 #97DEC6

tetradic

#C697DE #DEA297 #AFDE97 #97D3DE

square

#C697DE #DEA297 #AFDE97 #97D3DE

split-complementary

#C697DE #D3DE97 #97DEA2

monochromatic

#923CBE #AD69CF #C697DE #DFC5ED #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C697DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C697DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C697DE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C697DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C697DE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c697de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6e8',
    500: '#c697de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c697de;
$custom-light: #d8b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c697de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C697DE

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#BF265A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C697DE

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

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