#C997EE#C997EE

#C997EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997EE
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 34.58, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 50.41, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0846 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.132 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5838, 40.7244, 86.0682)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997EE #BCEE97

analogous

#9E97EE #C997EE #EE97E8

triadic

#C997EE #EEC997 #97EEC9

tetradic

#C997EE #EE9E97 #BCEE97 #97E8EE

square

#C997EE #EE9E97 #BCEE97 #97E8EE

split-complementary

#C997EE #E8EE97 #97EE9E

monochromatic

#922EDD #AE62E5 #C997EE #E4CCF7 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C997EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C997EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997EE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997EE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6f4',
    500: '#c997ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997ee;
$custom-light: #dab6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997EE

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D41264

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997EE

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

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