#C99DFF#C99DFF

#C99DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.143 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99DFF
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 255)
HSL	hsl(267, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 35.02, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 55.22, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0797 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.143 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1906, 43.7516, 100.1784)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99DFF #D3FF9D

analogous

#9DA2FF #C99DFF #FA9DFF

triadic

#C99DFF #FFC99D #9DFFC9

tetradic

#C99DFF #FF9DA2 #D3FF9D #9DFFFA

square

#C99DFF #FF9DA2 #D3FF9D #9DFFFA

split-complementary

#C99DFF #FFFA9D #A2FF9D

monochromatic

#8623FF #A760FF #C99DFF #EBDAFF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C99DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C99DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99DFF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99DFF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86AFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ADC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.143 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbaff',
    500: '#c99dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99dff;
$custom-light: #dbbaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77316,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99DFF

secondary

#E7F7D4

accent

#E6007E

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99DFF

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

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