#C997EF#C997EF

#C997EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997EF
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 34.79, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 50.91, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0848 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.133 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7312, 40.7833, 86.8441)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997EF #BDEF97

analogous

#9D97EF #C997EF #EF97E9

triadic

#C997EF #EFC997 #97EFC9

tetradic

#C997EF #EF9D97 #BDEF97 #97E9EF

square

#C997EF #EF9D97 #BDEF97 #97E9EF

split-complementary

#C997EF #E9EF97 #97EF9D

monochromatic

#922DDF #AD62E7 #C997EF #E5CCF7 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C997EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C997EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997EF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997EF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab6f4',
    500: '#c997ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997ef;
$custom-light: #dab6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997EF

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D51065

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997EF

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

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