#C99CF9#C99CF9

#C99CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.137 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99CF9
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(269, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 34.24, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 52.80, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.0799 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.137 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0713, 43.0343, 95.1147)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99CF9 #CCF99C

analogous

#9C9EF9 #C99CF9 #F79CF9

triadic

#C99CF9 #F9C99C #9CF9C9

tetradic

#C99CF9 #F99C9E #CCF99C #9CF9F7

square

#C99CF9 #F99C9E #CCF99C #9CF9F7

split-complementary

#C99CF9 #F9F79C #9EF99C

monochromatic

#8A29F2 #AA62F6 #C99CF9 #E8D6FC #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C99CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C99CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99CF9

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99CF9	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.137 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9fb',
    500: '#c99cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99cf9;
$custom-light: #dbb9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76866,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99CF9

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E50076

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99CF9

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

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