#C99FEE#C99FEE

#C99FEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99FEE
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 30.19, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 45.35, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0732 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.118 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9153, 43.3873, 86.5120)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99FEE #C4EE9F

analogous

#A19FEE #C99FEE #EE9FEB

triadic

#C99FEE #EEC99F #9FEEC9

tetradic

#C99FEE #EEA19F #C4EE9F #9FEBEE

square

#C99FEE #EEA19F #C4EE9F #9FEBEE

split-complementary

#C99FEE #EBEE9F #9FEEA1

monochromatic

#8F37DC #AC6BE5 #C99FEE #E6D3F7 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C99FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C99FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99FEE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99FEE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabbf3',
    500: '#c99fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99fee;
$custom-light: #dabbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76899,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99FEE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D2146D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99FEE

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

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