#C697E2#C697E2

#C697E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C697E2
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 31.13, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 44.16, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0784 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.116 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0805, 39.6307, 77.0534)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C697E2 #B3E297

analogous

#A197E2 #C697E2 #E297D9

triadic

#C697E2 #E2C697 #97E2C6

tetradic

#C697E2 #E2A197 #B3E297 #97D9E2

square

#C697E2 #E2A197 #B3E297 #97D9E2

split-complementary

#C697E2 #D9E297 #97E2A1

monochromatic

#9138C7 #AC67D5 #C697E2 #E0C7EF #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C697E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C697E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C697E2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C697E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C697E2	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c697e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6eb',
    500: '#c697e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c697e2;
$custom-light: #d8b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c697e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C697E2

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C4225E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C697E2

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

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