#C799EB#C799EB

#C799EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C799EB
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 32.24, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 47.46, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0788 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.124 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9371, 40.9233, 83.8494)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C799EB #BDEB99

analogous

#9E99EB #C799EB #EB99E6

triadic

#C799EB #EBC799 #99EBC7

tetradic

#C799EB #EB9E99 #BDEB99 #99E6EB

square

#C799EB #EB9E99 #BDEB99 #99E6EB

split-complementary

#C799EB #E6EB99 #99EB9E

monochromatic

#8F33D7 #AB66E1 #C799EB #E3CCF5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C799EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C799EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C799EB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C799EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C799EB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c799eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b7f1',
    500: '#c799eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c799eb;
$custom-light: #d9b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c799eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75526,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C799EB

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CF1667

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C799EB

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

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