#C997DA#C997DA

#C997DA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.108 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997DA
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 30.42, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 40.62, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0797 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.108 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8071, 39.6137, 71.4439)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997DA #A8DA97

analogous

#A797DA #C997DA #DA97CA

triadic

#C997DA #DAC997 #97DAC9

tetradic

#C997DA #DAA797 #A8DA97 #97CADA

square

#C997DA #DAA797 #A8DA97 #97CADA

split-complementary

#C997DA #CADA97 #97DAA7

monochromatic

#9841B6 #B26ACA #C997DA #E0C4EA #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C997DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C997DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997DA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997DA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.108 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6e5',
    500: '#c997da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997da;
$custom-light: #dab6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997DA

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BB2B4F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997DA

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

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