#C97AEE#C97AEE

#C97AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.180 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97AEE
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 48.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 50.11, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 68.30, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.1251 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.18 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4770, 32.5108, 84.6992)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97AEE #9FEE7A

analogous

#8F7AEE #C97AEE #EE7AD9

triadic

#C97AEE #EEC97A #7AEEC9

tetradic

#C97AEE #EE8F7A #9FEE7A #7AD9EE

square

#C97AEE #EE8F7A #9FEE7A #7AD9EE

split-complementary

#C97AEE #D9EE7A #7AEE8F

monochromatic

#981BD3 #B344E7 #C97AEE #DFB0F5 #F4E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C97AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C97AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C97AEE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97AEE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6196F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.180 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba3f4',
    500: '#c97aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97aee;
$custom-light: #dba3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.862,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.1798,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97AEE

secondary

#DCF2D2

accent

#DA0C4E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97AEE

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

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