#C993EB#C993EB

#C993EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C993EB
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 36.12, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 51.45, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0896 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.135 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5139, 39.2839, 83.5553)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C993EB #B5EB93

analogous

#9D93EB #C993EB #EB93E1

triadic

#C993EB #EBC993 #93EBC9

tetradic

#C993EB #EB9D93 #B5EB93 #93E1EB

square

#C993EB #EB9D93 #B5EB93 #93E1EB

split-complementary

#C993EB #E1EB93 #93EB9D

monochromatic

#952CD8 #AF5FE1 #C993EB #E3C7F5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C993EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C993EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C993EB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C993EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C993EB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69FB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c993eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab3f1',
    500: '#c993eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c993eb;
$custom-light: #dab3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c993eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C993EB

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D1155D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C993EB

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

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