#C993FF#C993FF

#C993FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.159 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C993FF
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 42.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 40.47, -46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 61.41, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0934 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.159 306)
XYZ	xyz(52.5675, 40.5053, 99.6373)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C993FF #C9FF93

analogous

#9393FF #C993FF #FF93FF

triadic

#C993FF #FFC993 #93FFC9

tetradic

#C993FF #FF9393 #C9FF93 #93FFFF

square

#C993FF #FF9393 #C9FF93 #93FFFF

split-complementary

#C993FF #FFFF93 #93FF93

monochromatic

#8C19FF #AA56FF #C993FF #E8D0FF #F0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C993FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C993FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C993FF

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C993FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C993FF	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86ABFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c993ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.159 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb3ff',
    500: '#c993ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c993ff;
$custom-light: #dbb3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c993ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C993FF

secondary

#E6F7D4

accent

#E60073

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C993FF

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

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