#C996ED#C996ED

#C996ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C996ED
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 34.91, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 50.54, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0858 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.132 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2771, 40.3453, 85.2432)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C996ED #BAED96

analogous

#9D96ED #C996ED #ED96E6

triadic

#C996ED #EDC996 #96EDC9

tetradic

#C996ED #ED9D96 #BAED96 #96E6ED

square

#C996ED #ED9D96 #BAED96 #96E6ED

split-complementary

#C996ED #E6ED96 #96ED9D

monochromatic

#932EDB #AE62E4 #C996ED #E4CAF6 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C996ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C996ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C996ED

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C996ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C996ED	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c996ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab5f3',
    500: '#c996ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c996ed;
$custom-light: #dab5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c996ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C996ED

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D31362

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C996ED

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

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