#C99FF2#C99FF2

#C99FF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99FF2
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 242)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 34%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 31.06, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 47.37, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0741 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.123 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5095, 43.6250, 89.6414)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99FF2 #C8F29F

analogous

#9F9FF2 #C99FF2 #F29FF2

triadic

#C99FF2 #F2C99F #9FF2C9

tetradic

#C99FF2 #F29F9F #C8F29F #9FF2F2

square

#C99FF2 #F29F9F #C8F29F #9FF2F2

split-complementary

#C99FF2 #F2F29F #9FF29F

monochromatic

#8C33E3 #AB69EB #C99FF2 #E7D5F9 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C99FF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C99FF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99FF2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99FF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99FF2	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAFF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabbf6',
    500: '#c99ff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ff2;
$custom-light: #dabbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 76.147,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77073,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99FF2

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80D72

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FE

border

#D4D0D6

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99FF2

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

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