#C98CEE#C98CEE

#C98CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.150 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98CEE
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(277, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 40.56, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 57.31, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.1002 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.15 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8954, 37.3476, 85.5054)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98CEE #B1EE8C

analogous

#988CEE #C98CEE #EE8CE2

triadic

#C98CEE #EEC98C #8CEEC9

tetradic

#C98CEE #EE988C #B1EE8C #8CE2EE

square

#C98CEE #EE988C #B1EE8C #8CE2EE

split-complementary

#C98CEE #E2EE8C #8CEE98

monochromatic

#9721DE #B057E6 #C98CEE #E2C1F6 #F2E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C98CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C98CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98CEE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98CEE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.150 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef4',
    500: '#c98cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98cee;
$custom-light: #dbaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.347,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98CEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D60F5A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98CEE

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

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