#C99BC2#C99BC2

#C99BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC2
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(309, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(309, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 3.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 23.61, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 27.18, 330.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0665 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.076 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5455, 39.7566, 56.3031)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC2 #9BC9A2

analogous

#B99BC9 #C99BC2 #C99BAB

triadic

#C99BC2 #C2C99B #9BC2C9

tetradic

#C99BC2 #C9B99B #9BC9A2 #9BABC9

square

#C99BC2 #C9B99B #9BC9A2 #9BABC9

split-complementary

#C99BC2 #ABC99B #9BC9B9

monochromatic

#98528D #B473AA #C99BC2 #DEC3DA #F4EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C99BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C99BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8d4',
    500: '#c99bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc2;
$custom-light: #dab8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.13,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC2

secondary

#D9E6DB

accent

#A94D3D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC2

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

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