#C995DF#C995DF

#C995DF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C995DF
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 223)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 32.53, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 44.31, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.084 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.118 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1521, 39.2411, 74.8354)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C995DF #ABDF95

analogous

#A495DF #C995DF #DF95D0

triadic

#C995DF #DFC995 #95DFC9

tetradic

#C995DF #DFA495 #ABDF95 #95D0DF

square

#C995DF #DFA495 #ABDF95 #95D0DF

split-complementary

#C995DF #D0DF95 #95DFA4

monochromatic

#983AC0 #B166D1 #C995DF #E1C4ED #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C995DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C995DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C995DF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C995DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C995DF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c995df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab4e9',
    500: '#c995df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c995df;
$custom-light: #dab4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c995df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C995DF

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C12453

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C995DF

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

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