#C997FA#C997FA

#C997FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.146 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997FA
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(270, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 37.19, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 56.42, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0871 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.146 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4059, 41.4532, 95.6644)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997FA #C8FA97

analogous

#9797FA #C997FA #FA97FA

triadic

#C997FA #FAC997 #97FAC9

tetradic

#C997FA #FA9797 #C8FA97 #97FAFA

square

#C997FA #FA9797 #C8FA97 #97FAFA

split-complementary

#C997FA #FAFA97 #97FA97

monochromatic

#8C22F4 #AB5DF7 #C997FA #E7D1FD #F0E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C997FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C997FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997FA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997FA	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ABFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CADF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.146 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb6fc',
    500: '#c997fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997fa;
$custom-light: #dbb6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997FA

secondary

#E5F6D5

accent

#E60072

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997FA

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

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