#C899EE#C899EE

#C899EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C899EE
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 33.19, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 49.06, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0806 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.128 309)
XYZ	xyz(50.6404, 41.2354, 86.1638)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C899EE #BFEE99

analogous

#9E99EE #C899EE #EE99EA

triadic

#C899EE #EEC899 #99EEC8

tetradic

#C899EE #EE9E99 #BFEE99 #99EAEE

square

#C899EE #EE9E99 #BFEE99 #99EAEE

split-complementary

#C899EE #EAEE99 #99EE9E

monochromatic

#8F30DD #AC65E5 #C899EE #E4CDF7 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C899EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C899EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C899EE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C899EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C899EE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c899ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7f4',
    500: '#c899ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c899ee;
$custom-light: #dab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c899ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.41235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C899EE

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D31269

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C899EE

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

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