#C995FF#C995FF

#C995FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.156 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C995FF
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 255)
HSL	hsl(269, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 41.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 39.39, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 60.18, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0907 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.156 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8812, 41.1327, 99.7419)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C995FF #CBFF95

analogous

#9596FF #C995FF #FE95FF

triadic

#C995FF #FFC995 #95FFC9

tetradic

#C995FF #FF9596 #CBFF95 #95FFFE

square

#C995FF #FF9596 #CBFF95 #95FFFE

split-complementary

#C995FF #FFFE95 #96FF95

monochromatic

#8B1BFF #AA58FF #C995FF #E8D2FF #EFE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C995FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C995FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C995FF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C995FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C995FF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c995ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.156 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb5ff',
    500: '#c995ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c995ff;
$custom-light: #dbb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c995ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C995FF

secondary

#E6F7D4

accent

#E60075

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C995FF

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

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