#C993EE#C993EE

#C993EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.139 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C993EE
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(276, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 38.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 36.76, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 52.93, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0903 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.139 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9510, 39.4587, 85.8572)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C993EE #B8EE93

analogous

#9B93EE #C993EE #EE93E6

triadic

#C993EE #EEC993 #93EEC9

tetradic

#C993EE #EE9B93 #B8EE93 #93E6EE

square

#C993EE #EE9B93 #B8EE93 #93E6EE

split-complementary

#C993EE #E6EE93 #93EE9B

monochromatic

#9429DD #AF5EE6 #C993EE #E3C8F6 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C993EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C993EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C993EE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C993EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C993EE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c993ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.139 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb3f4',
    500: '#c993ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c993ee;
$custom-light: #dbb3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c993ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.604,
    "s": 72.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C993EE

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D51160

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C993EE

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

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