#C98CEC#C98CEC

#C98CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.148 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98CEC
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 40.14, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 56.33, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0998 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.148 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6032, 37.2307, 83.9665)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98CEC #AFEC8C

analogous

#998CEC #C98CEC #EC8CDF

triadic

#C98CEC #ECC98C #8CECC9

tetradic

#C98CEC #EC998C #AFEC8C #8CDFEC

square

#C98CEC #EC998C #AFEC8C #8CDFEC

split-complementary

#C98CEC #DFEC8C #8CEC99

monochromatic

#9724DA #B057E3 #C98CEC #E2C1F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C98CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C98CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98CEC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98CEC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.148 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef2',
    500: '#c98cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98cec;
$custom-light: #dbaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.125,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98CEC

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D41258

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98CEC

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

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