#C998E7#C998E7

#C998E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C998E7
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 34.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 32.55, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 46.30, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0816 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.122 312)
XYZ	xyz(49.7370, 40.6443, 80.8108)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C998E7 #B6E798

analogous

#A198E7 #C998E7 #E798DE

triadic

#C998E7 #E7C998 #98E7C9

tetradic

#C998E7 #E7A198 #B6E798 #98DEE7

square

#C998E7 #E7A198 #B6E798 #98DEE7

split-complementary

#C998E7 #DEE798 #98E7A1

monochromatic

#9535D0 #AF66DB #C998E7 #E3CAF3 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C998E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C998E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C998E7

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C998E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C998E7	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c998e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7ef',
    500: '#c998e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c998e7;
$custom-light: #dab7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c998e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 62.205,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C998E7

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CA1C5E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C998E7

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

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