#CC8CEE#CC8CEE

#CC8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.152 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8CEE
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 41.43, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 57.57, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.1037 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.152 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7100, 37.7676, 85.5435)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8CEE #AEEE8C

analogous

#9B8CEE #CC8CEE #EE8CDF

triadic

#CC8CEE #EECC8C #8CEECC

tetradic

#CC8CEE #EE9B8C #AEEE8C #8CDFEE

square

#CC8CEE #EE9B8C #AEEE8C #8CDFEE

split-complementary

#CC8CEE #DFEE8C #8CEE9B

monochromatic

#9D21DE #B457E6 #CC8CEE #E4C1F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CC8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8CEE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8CEE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.152 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaff4',
    500: '#cc8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8cee;
$custom-light: #ddaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73964,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8CEE

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D60F54

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8CEE

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

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