#C994EB#C994EB

#C994EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C994EB
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 37%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 35.58, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 50.81, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0882 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.133 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6701, 39.5962, 83.6074)
Luminance	0.3960 (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

#C994EB #B6EB94

analogous

#9E94EB #C994EB #EB94E1

triadic

#C994EB #EBC994 #94EBC9

tetradic

#C994EB #EB9E94 #B6EB94 #94E1EB

square

#C994EB #EB9E94 #B6EB94 #94E1EB

split-complementary

#C994EB #E1EB94 #94EB9E

monochromatic

#952DD8 #AF60E1 #C994EB #E3C8F5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C994EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C994EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C994EB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C994EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C994EB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c994eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab4f1',
    500: '#c994eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c994eb;
$custom-light: #dab4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c994eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.552,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C994EB

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D0155E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C994EB

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

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