#CC8EEE#CC8EEE

#CC8EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8EEE
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 40.35, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 56.33, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.1009 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.148 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0049, 38.3574, 85.6418)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8EEE #B0EE8E

analogous

#9C8EEE #CC8EEE #EE8EE0

triadic

#CC8EEE #EECC8E #8EEECC

tetradic

#CC8EEE #EE9C8E #B0EE8E #8EE0EE

square

#CC8EEE #EE9C8E #B0EE8E #8EE0EE

split-complementary

#CC8EEE #E0EE8E #8EEE9C

monochromatic

#9C24DE #B459E6 #CC8EEE #E4C3F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CC8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#CC8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8EEE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8EEE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99CB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0f4',
    500: '#cc8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8eee;
$custom-light: #ddb0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7429,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8EEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D61056

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8EEE

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

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