#C99BC4#C99BC4

#C99BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC4
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(307, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(307, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 2.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 23.98, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 28.01, 328.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0672 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.078 330)
XYZ	xyz(45.7716, 39.8470, 57.4940)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC4 #9BC9A0

analogous

#B79BC9 #C99BC4 #C99BAD

triadic

#C99BC4 #C4C99B #9BC4C9

tetradic

#C99BC4 #C9B79B #9BC9A0 #9BADC9

square

#C99BC4 #C9B79B #9BC9A0 #9BADC9

split-complementary

#C99BC4 #ADC99B #9BC9B7

monochromatic

#985290 #B473AD #C99BC4 #DEC3DB #F4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C99BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C99BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8d5',
    500: '#c99bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc4;
$custom-light: #dab8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.522,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC4

secondary

#D9E6DB

accent

#A9493D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC4

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

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