#C997EB#C997EB

#C997EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997EB
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 33.94, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 48.92, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0839 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.128 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1468, 40.5496, 83.7663)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997EB #B9EB97

analogous

#9F97EB #C997EB #EB97E3

triadic

#C997EB #EBC997 #97EBC9

tetradic

#C997EB #EB9F97 #B9EB97 #97E3EB

square

#C997EB #EB9F97 #B9EB97 #97E3EB

split-complementary

#C997EB #E3EB97 #97EB9F

monochromatic

#9430D7 #AE64E1 #C997EB #E4CAF5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C997EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C997EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997EB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997EB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6f1',
    500: '#c997eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997eb;
$custom-light: #dab6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75371,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997EB

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D01661

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997EB

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

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