#C99BC3#C99BC3

#C99BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.077 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC3
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(308, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(308, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 23.80, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 27.59, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0668 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.077 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6582, 39.8017, 56.8965)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC3 #9BC9A1

analogous

#B89BC9 #C99BC3 #C99BAC

triadic

#C99BC3 #C3C99B #9BC3C9

tetradic

#C99BC3 #C9B89B #9BC9A1 #9BACC9

square

#C99BC3 #C9B89B #9BC9A1 #9BACC9

split-complementary

#C99BC3 #ACC99B #9BC9B8

monochromatic

#98528F #B473AB #C99BC3 #DEC3DB #F4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C99BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C99BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.077 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8d5',
    500: '#c99bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc3;
$custom-light: #dab8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.07659,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC3

secondary

#D9E6DB

accent

#A94B3D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC3

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

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