#C997FF#C997FF

#C997FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C997FF
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(269, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 38.30, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 58.94, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.088 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.153 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2003, 41.7710, 99.8483)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C997FF #CDFF97

analogous

#9799FF #C997FF #FD97FF

triadic

#C997FF #FFC997 #97FFC9

tetradic

#C997FF #FF9799 #CDFF97 #97FFFD

square

#C997FF #FF9799 #CDFF97 #97FFFD

split-complementary

#C997FF #FFFD97 #99FF97

monochromatic

#891DFF #A95AFF #C997FF #E9D4FF #EFE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C997FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C997FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C997FF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C997FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C997FF	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AADFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c997ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb6ff',
    500: '#c997ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c997ff;
$custom-light: #dbb6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c997ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76297,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C997FF

secondary

#E6F7D4

accent

#E60077

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C997FF

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

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