#C997CA#C997CA

#C997CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.091 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997CA
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(299, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(299, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 27.30, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 33.22, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0752 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.091 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8135, 38.8163, 60.9446)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997CA #98CA97

analogous

#B097CA #C997CA #CA97B2

triadic

#C997CA #CAC997 #97CAC9

tetradic

#C997CA #CAB097 #98CA97 #97B2CA

square

#C997CA #CAB097 #98CA97 #97B2CA

split-complementary

#C997CA #B2CA97 #97CAB0

monochromatic

#974E99 #B46EB5 #C997CA #DEC0DF #F3E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C997CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C997CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997CA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997CA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.091 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6da',
    500: '#c997ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997ca;
$custom-light: #dab6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.824,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74016,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997CA

secondary

#D7E6D7

accent

#AB3A3C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997CA

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

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