#C997EA#C997EA

#C997EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997EA
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(276, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 33.73, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 48.42, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0837 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.127 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0027, 40.4920, 83.0075)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997EA #B8EA97

analogous

#9F97EA #C997EA #EA97E1

triadic

#C997EA #EAC997 #97EAC9

tetradic

#C997EA #EA9F97 #B8EA97 #97E1EA

square

#C997EA #EA9F97 #B8EA97 #97E1EA

split-complementary

#C997EA #E1EA97 #97EA9F

monochromatic

#9431D5 #AF64E0 #C997EA #E3CAF4 #F2E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C997EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C997EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997EA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997EA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6f1',
    500: '#c997ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997ea;
$custom-light: #dab6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.145,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75327,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997EA

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CE1760

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997EA

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

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