#C993EF#C993EF

#C993EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C993EF
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 239)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 36.98, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 53.42, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0905 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.14 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0983, 39.5176, 86.6331)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C993EF #B9EF93

analogous

#9B93EF #C993EF #EF93E7

triadic

#C993EF #EFC993 #93EFC9

tetradic

#C993EF #EF9B93 #B9EF93 #93E7EF

square

#C993EF #EF9B93 #B9EF93 #93E7EF

split-complementary

#C993EF #E7EF93 #93EF9B

monochromatic

#9428DF #AE5EE7 #C993EF #E4C8F7 #F2E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C993EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C993EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C993EF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C993EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C993EF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c993ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb3f4',
    500: '#c993ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c993ef;
$custom-light: #dbb3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c993ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.217,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C993EF

secondary

#E3F3D8

accent

#D60F61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C993EF

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

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