#C99AF8#C99AF8

#C99AF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99AF8
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 248)
HSL	hsl(270, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 37.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 35.11, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 53.54, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0825 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.139 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5829, 42.3064, 94.1845)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99AF8 #C9F89A

analogous

#9A9AF8 #C99AF8 #F89AF8

triadic

#C99AF8 #F8C99A #9AF8C9

tetradic

#C99AF8 #F89A9A #C9F89A #9AF8F8

square

#C99AF8 #F89A9A #C9F89A #9AF8F8

split-complementary

#C99AF8 #F8F89A #9AF89A

monochromatic

#8C28F0 #AA61F4 #C99AF8 #E8D3FC #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C99AF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C99AF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99AF8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99AF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99AF8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ACFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AEF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99af8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb8fb',
    500: '#c99af8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99af8;
$custom-light: #dbb8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99af8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 87.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76475,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99AF8

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E40273

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99AF8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →