#C996EF#C996EF

#C996EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C996EF
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 35.34, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 51.54, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0862 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.135 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5709, 40.4628, 86.7906)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C996EF #BCEF96

analogous

#9D96EF #C996EF #EF96E9

triadic

#C996EF #EFC996 #96EFC9

tetradic

#C996EF #EF9D96 #BCEF96 #96E9EF

square

#C996EF #EF9D96 #BCEF96 #96E9EF

split-complementary

#C996EF #E9EF96 #96EF9D

monochromatic

#922CDF #AE61E7 #C996EF #E4CBF7 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C996EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C996EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C996EF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C996EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C996EF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c996ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab5f4',
    500: '#c996ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c996ef;
$custom-light: #dab5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c996ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C996EF

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D61064

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C996EF

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

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