#C98EDD#C98EDD

#C98EDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98EDD
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 35.95, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 47.82, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0938 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.128 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8097, 36.9851, 73.0656)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98EDD #A2DD8E

analogous

#A18EDD #C98EDD #DD8EC9

triadic

#C98EDD #DDC98E #8EDDC9

tetradic

#C98EDD #DDA18E #A2DD8E #8EC9DD

square

#C98EDD #DDA18E #A2DD8E #8EC9DD

split-complementary

#C98EDD #C9DD8E #8EDDA1

monochromatic

#9838B9 #B35FCF #C98EDD #DFBDEB #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C98EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C98EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98EDD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98EDD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C998AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab0e7',
    500: '#c98edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98edd;
$custom-light: #dab0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.81,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7322,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98EDD

secondary

#DEEED9

accent

#C1244C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FC

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98EDD

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

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