#C996EA#C996EA

#C996EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C996EA
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 34.27, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 49.05, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0851 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.129 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8424, 40.1715, 82.9541)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C996EA #B7EA96

analogous

#9F96EA #C996EA #EA96E1

triadic

#C996EA #EAC996 #96EAC9

tetradic

#C996EA #EA9F96 #B7EA96 #96E1EA

square

#C996EA #EA9F96 #B7EA96 #96E1EA

split-complementary

#C996EA #E1EA96 #96EA9F

monochromatic

#9530D6 #AF63E0 #C996EA #E3C9F4 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C996EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C996EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C996EA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C996EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C996EA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c996ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab5f1',
    500: '#c996ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c996ea;
$custom-light: #dab5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c996ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75154,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C996EA

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CF175F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C996EA

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

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