#C993DD#C993DD

#C993DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C993DD
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 33.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 33.22, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 44.63, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0864 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.119 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5703, 38.5065, 73.3191)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C993DD #A7DD93

analogous

#A493DD #C993DD #DD93CC

triadic

#C993DD #DDC993 #93DDC9

tetradic

#C993DD #DDA493 #A7DD93 #93CCDD

square

#C993DD #DDA493 #A7DD93 #93CCDD

split-complementary

#C993DD #CCDD93 #93DDA4

monochromatic

#983BBB #B264CE #C993DD #E0C2EC #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C993DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C993DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C993DD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C993DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C993DD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c993dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab3e7',
    500: '#c993dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c993dd;
$custom-light: #dab3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c993dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74074,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C993DD

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C0264F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C993DD

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

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