#C97CE8#C97CE8

#C97CE8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.170 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97CE8
RGB	rgb(201, 124, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 46.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 47.83, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 64.25, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.1215 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.17 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8583, 32.6603, 80.2166)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97CE8 #9BE87C

analogous

#937CE8 #C97CE8 #E87CD1

triadic

#C97CE8 #E8C97C #7CE8C9

tetradic

#C97CE8 #E8937C #9BE87C #7CD1E8

square

#C97CE8 #E8937C #9BE87C #7CD1E8

split-complementary

#C97CE8 #D1E87C #7CE893

monochromatic

#9823C7 #B448DF #C97CE8 #DEB0F1 #F4E4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C97CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#C97CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C97CE8

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97CE8	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6796EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 124, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.170 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba4f0',
    500: '#c97ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97ce8;
$custom-light: #dba4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.778,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70837,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97CE8

secondary

#D9EFD1

accent

#D2134A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97CE8

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

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