#C99AED#C99AED

#C99AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99AED
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 32.72, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 48.01, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0801 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.126 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9263, 41.6437, 85.4596)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99AED #BEED9A

analogous

#A09AED #C99AED #ED9AE8

triadic

#C99AED #EDC99A #9AEDC9

tetradic

#C99AED #EDA09A #BEED9A #9AE8ED

square

#C99AED #EDA09A #BEED9A #9AE8ED

split-complementary

#C99AED #E8ED9A #9AEDA0

monochromatic

#9132DA #AD66E4 #C99AED #E5CEF6 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C99AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C99AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99AED

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99AED	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8f3',
    500: '#c99aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99aed;
$custom-light: #dab8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.976,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99AED

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D21466

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99AED

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

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