#C799EA#C799EA

#C799EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C799EA
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 32.03, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 46.96, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0785 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.123 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7930, 40.8657, 83.0907)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C799EA #BCEA99

analogous

#9E99EA #C799EA #EA99E4

triadic

#C799EA #EAC799 #99EAC7

tetradic

#C799EA #EA9E99 #BCEA99 #99E4EA

square

#C799EA #EA9E99 #BCEA99 #99E4EA

split-complementary

#C799EA #E4EA99 #99EA9E

monochromatic

#8F33D5 #AB66E0 #C799EA #E3CCF4 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C799EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C799EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C799EA

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C799EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C799EA	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c799ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b7f1',
    500: '#c799ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c799ea;
$custom-light: #d9b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c799ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.074,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C799EA

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CE1866

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C799EA

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

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