#C997CD#C997CD

#C997CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.094 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997CD
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(296, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(296, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 27.87, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 34.56, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0761 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.094 324)
XYZ	xyz(46.1722, 38.9598, 62.8335)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997CD #9BCD97

analogous

#AE97CD #C997CD #CD97B6

triadic

#C997CD #CDC997 #97CDC9

tetradic

#C997CD #CDAE97 #9BCD97 #97B6CD

square

#C997CD #CDAE97 #9BCD97 #97B6CD

split-complementary

#C997CD #B6CD97 #97CDAE

monochromatic

#984C9E #B46EB9 #C997CD #DEC0E1 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C997CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C997CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997CD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997CD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.094 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6dc',
    500: '#c997cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997cd;
$custom-light: #dab6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.38959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997CD

secondary

#D9E8D8

accent

#AE3840

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997CD

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

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