#C97AF6#C97AF6

#C97AF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.188 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97AF6
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 246)
HSL	hsl(278, 87%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 50.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 51.79, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 72.14, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.1259 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.188 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6785, 32.9914, 91.0272)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97AF6 #A7F67A

analogous

#8B7AF6 #C97AF6 #F67AE5

triadic

#C97AF6 #F6C97A #7AF6C9

tetradic

#C97AF6 #F68B7A #A7F67A #7AE5F6

square

#C97AF6 #F68B7A #A7F67A #7AE5F6

split-complementary

#C97AF6 #E5F67A #7AF68B

monochromatic

#9810E6 #B241F2 #C97AF6 #E0B3FA #F3E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C97AF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#C97AF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C97AF6

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97AF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97AF6	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B97FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739DF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48EAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97af6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.188 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca3f9',
    500: '#c97af6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97af6;
$custom-light: #dca3f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97af6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.226,
    "s": 87.324,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97AF6

secondary

#E1F5D6

accent

#E40254

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97AF6

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

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