#C99DEC#C99DEC

#C99DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99DEC
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 30.86, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 45.61, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0756 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.119 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2819, 42.5881, 84.8594)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99DEC #C0EC9D

analogous

#A29DEC #C99DEC #EC9DE7

triadic

#C99DEC #ECC99D #9DECC9

tetradic

#C99DEC #ECA29D #C0EC9D #9DE7EC

square

#C99DEC #ECA29D #C0EC9D #9DE7EC

split-complementary

#C99DEC #E7EC9D #9DECA2

monochromatic

#9136D8 #AD6AE2 #C99DEC #E5D0F6 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C99DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C99DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99DEC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99DEC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabaf2',
    500: '#c99dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99dec;
$custom-light: #dabaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.418,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7646,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99DEC

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#CF1668

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99DEC

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

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