#C990FA#C990FA

#C990FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.158 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C990FA
RGB	rgb(201, 144, 250)
HSL	hsl(272, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 42.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 40.99, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 60.76, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0967 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.158 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3126, 39.2667, 95.3000)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C990FA #C1FA90

analogous

#9490FA #C990FA #FA90F6

triadic

#C990FA #FAC990 #90FAC9

tetradic

#C990FA #FA9490 #C1FA90 #90F6FA

square

#C990FA #FA9490 #C1FA90 #90F6FA

split-complementary

#C990FA #F6FA90 #90FA94

monochromatic

#901BF5 #AD55F7 #C990FA #E5CBFD #F1E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C990FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C990FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C990FA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C990FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C990FA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c990fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 144, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.158 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb1fc',
    500: '#c990fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c990fa;
$custom-light: #dbb1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c990fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74891,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C990FA

secondary

#E4F6D5

accent

#E6006A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C990FA

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

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