#C98BEE#C98BEE

#C98BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.152 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98BEE
RGB	rgb(201, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 41.10, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 57.93, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.1016 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.152 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7500, 37.0567, 85.4569)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98BEE #B0EE8B

analogous

#988BEE #C98BEE #EE8BE2

triadic

#C98BEE #EEC98B #8BEEC9

tetradic

#C98BEE #EE988B #B0EE8B #8BE2EE

square

#C98BEE #EE988B #B0EE8B #8BE2EE

split-complementary

#C98BEE #E2EE8B #8BEE98

monochromatic

#9721DE #B056E6 #C98BEE #E2C0F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C98BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C98BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98BEE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98BEE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C599B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.152 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef4',
    500: '#c98bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98bee;
$custom-light: #dbaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.576,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98BEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D70F5A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98BEE

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

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