#C994DF#C994DF

#C994DF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C994DF
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 223)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 33.08, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 44.95, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0855 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.119 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9946, 38.9260, 74.7829)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C994DF #AADF94

analogous

#A394DF #C994DF #DF94CF

triadic

#C994DF #DFC994 #94DFC9

tetradic

#C994DF #DFA394 #AADF94 #94CFDF

square

#C994DF #DFA394 #AADF94 #94CFDF

split-complementary

#C994DF #CFDF94 #94DFA3

monochromatic

#9839BF #B165D1 #C994DF #E1C3ED #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C994DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C994DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C994DF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C994DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C994DF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c994df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab4e9',
    500: '#c994df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c994df;
$custom-light: #dab4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c994df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.4,
    "s": 53.957,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74331,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C994DF

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C12452

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C994DF

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

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