#C996FA#C996FA

#C996FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.148 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C996FA
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(271, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 37.73, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 57.04, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0884 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.148 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2456, 41.1327, 95.6110)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C996FA #C7FA96

analogous

#9796FA #C996FA #FA96F9

triadic

#C996FA #FAC996 #96FAC9

tetradic

#C996FA #FA9796 #C7FA96 #96F9FA

square

#C996FA #FA9796 #C7FA96 #96F9FA

split-complementary

#C996FA #F9FA96 #96FA97

monochromatic

#8D21F4 #AB5CF7 #C996FA #E7D0FD #F0E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C996FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C996FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C996FA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C996FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C996FA	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)

#80AAFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c996fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.148 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb5fc',
    500: '#c996fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c996fa;
$custom-light: #dbb5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c996fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75889,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C996FA

secondary

#E5F6D5

accent

#E60070

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C996FA

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

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