#C97BEE#C97BEE

#C97BEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.178 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97BEE
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 49.59, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 67.71, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.1237 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.178 314)
XYZ	xyz(46.6004, 32.7576, 84.7404)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97BEE #A0EE7B

analogous

#8F7BEE #C97BEE #EE7BD9

triadic

#C97BEE #EEC97B #7BEEC9

tetradic

#C97BEE #EE8F7B #A0EE7B #7BD9EE

square

#C97BEE #EE8F7B #A0EE7B #7BD9EE

split-complementary

#C97BEE #D9EE7B #7BEE8F

monochromatic

#981BD3 #B345E7 #C97BEE #DFB1F5 #F4E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C97BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#C97BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C97BEE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97BEE	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6297F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.178 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba3f4',
    500: '#c97bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97bee;
$custom-light: #dba3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.696,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70988,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.32756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97BEE

secondary

#DDF2D3

accent

#D90C4E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97BEE

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

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