#C99BF8#C99BF8

#C99BF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BF8
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 248)
HSL	hsl(270, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 37.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 34.56, -40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 52.91, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0811 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.137 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7487, 42.6379, 94.2398)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BF8 #CAF89B

analogous

#9B9CF8 #C99BF8 #F79BF8

triadic

#C99BF8 #F8C99B #9BF8C9

tetradic

#C99BF8 #F89B9C #CAF89B #9BF8F7

square

#C99BF8 #F89B9C #CAF89B #9BF8F7

split-complementary

#C99BF8 #F8F79B #9CF89B

monochromatic

#8B29F0 #AA62F4 #C99BF8 #E8D4FC #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C99BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C99BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BF8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BF8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ADFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AFF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9fb',
    500: '#c99bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bf8;
$custom-light: #dbb9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.677,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76647,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BF8

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E30274

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BF8

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

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