#CC8AFF#CC8AFF

#CC8AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.174 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8AFF
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 255)
HSL	hsl(274, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 46.13, -48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 67.11, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.1092 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.174 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0369, 38.2350, 99.2271)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8AFF #BDFF8A

analogous

#928AFF #CC8AFF #FF8AF8

triadic

#CC8AFF #FFCC8A #8AFFCC

tetradic

#CC8AFF #FF928A #BDFF8A #8AF8FF

square

#CC8AFF #FF928A #BDFF8A #8AF8FF

split-complementary

#CC8AFF #F8FF8A #8AFF92

monochromatic

#9710FF #B14DFF #CC8AFF #E7C7FF #F2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CC8AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CC8AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8AFF

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8AFF	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59DB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.174 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadff',
    500: '#cc8aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8aff;
$custom-light: #deadff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8AFF

secondary

#E3F7D4

accent

#E60064

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#151018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8AFF

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

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