#C799EF#C799EF

#C799EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C799EF
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 33.10, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 49.47, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0797 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.129 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5215, 41.1571, 86.9272)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C799EF #C1EF99

analogous

#9C99EF #C799EF #EF99EC

triadic

#C799EF #EFC799 #99EFC7

tetradic

#C799EF #EF9C99 #C1EF99 #99ECEF

square

#C799EF #EF9C99 #C1EF99 #99ECEF

split-complementary

#C799EF #ECEF99 #99EF9C

monochromatic

#8D2FDE #AA64E7 #C799EF #E4CEF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C799EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C799EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C799EF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C799EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C799EF	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c799ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b7f4',
    500: '#c799ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c799ef;
$custom-light: #d9b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c799ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75704,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C799EF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D5116C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C799EF

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

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