#C98CEB#C98CEB

#C98CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.147 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98CEB
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 39.92, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 55.84, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0996 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.147 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4583, 37.1728, 83.2035)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98CEB #AEEB8C

analogous

#998CEB #C98CEB #EB8CDD

triadic

#C98CEB #EBC98C #8CEBC9

tetradic

#C98CEB #EB998C #AEEB8C #8CDDEB

square

#C98CEB #EB998C #AEEB8C #8CDDEB

split-complementary

#C98CEB #DDEB8C #8CEB99

monochromatic

#9825D7 #B158E2 #C98CEB #E1C0F4 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C98CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C98CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98CEB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98CEB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.147 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef2',
    500: '#c98ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98ceb;
$custom-light: #dbaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98CEB

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D21358

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98CEB

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

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