#C99EFF#C99EFF

#C99EFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99EFF
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 255)
HSL	hsl(267, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 38%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 34.48, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 54.60, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0783 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.141 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3605, 44.0914, 100.2350)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99EFF #D4FF9E

analogous

#9EA3FF #C99EFF #F99EFF

triadic

#C99EFF #FFC99E #9EFFC9

tetradic

#C99EFF #FF9EA3 #D4FF9E #9EFFF9

square

#C99EFF #FF9EA3 #D4FF9E #9EFFF9

split-complementary

#C99EFF #FFF99E #A3FF9E

monochromatic

#8524FF #A761FF #C99EFF #EBDBFF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C99EFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C99EFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99EFF

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99EFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99EFF	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87B0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ADC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99eff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbbff',
    500: '#c99eff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99eff;
$custom-light: #dbbbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99eff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77489,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99EFF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60080

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151218

muted

#838186

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99EFF

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

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