#C997FC#C997FC

#C997FC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.149 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997FC
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 252)
HSL	hsl(270, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 40.1%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 37.63, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 57.43, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0874 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.149 306)
XYZ	xyz(52.7212, 41.5793, 97.3248)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997FC #CAFC97

analogous

#9798FC #C997FC #FC97FC

triadic

#C997FC #FCC997 #97FCC9

tetradic

#C997FC #FC9798 #CAFC97 #97FCFC

square

#C997FC #FC9798 #CAFC97 #97FCFC

split-complementary

#C997FC #FCFC97 #98FC97

monochromatic

#8B20F9 #AA5CFA #C997FC #E8D2FE #F0E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C997FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C997FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997FC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997FC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80ABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BADF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.149 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb6fd',
    500: '#c997fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997fc;
$custom-light: #dbb6fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.41579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997FC

secondary

#E6F6D5

accent

#E60074

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997FC

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

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