#C99ADE#C99ADE

#C99ADE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.108 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99ADE
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 29.59, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 40.61, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0764 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.108 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8258, 40.8035, 74.3968)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C99ADE #AFDE9A

analogous

#A79ADE #C99ADE #DE9AD1

triadic

#C99ADE #DEC99A #9ADEC9

tetradic

#C99ADE #DEA79A #AFDE9A #9AD1DE

square

#C99ADE #DEA79A #AFDE9A #9AD1DE

split-complementary

#C99ADE #D1DE9A #9ADEA7

monochromatic

#973EBF #B06CCF #C99ADE #E2C8ED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C99ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C99ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99ADE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99ADE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.108 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8e8',
    500: '#c99ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ade;
$custom-light: #dab8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99ADE

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#BE2756

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99ADE

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

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