#C99ACE#C99ACE

#C99ACE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.090 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99ACE
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(294, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 26.42, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.05, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0718 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.09 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7822, 39.9861, 63.6343)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99ACE #9FCE9A

analogous

#AF9ACE #C99ACE #CE9AB9

triadic

#C99ACE #CEC99A #9ACEC9

tetradic

#C99ACE #CEAF9A #9FCE9A #9AB9CE

square

#C99ACE #CEAF9A #9FCE9A #9AB9CE

split-complementary

#C99ACE #B9CE9A #9ACEAF

monochromatic

#984EA0 #B371BA #C99ACE #DFC3E2 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C99ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C99ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99ACE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99ACE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.090 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8dd',
    500: '#c99ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ace;
$custom-light: #dab8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.231,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99ACE

secondary

#DCE9DB

accent

#AE3843

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99ACE

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

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