#C99BC5#C99BC5

#C99BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.079 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC5
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(305, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(305, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 24.16, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 28.43, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0675 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.079 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8858, 39.8927, 58.0954)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC5 #9BC99F

analogous

#B69BC9 #C99BC5 #C99BAE

triadic

#C99BC5 #C5C99B #9BC5C9

tetradic

#C99BC5 #C9B69B #9BC99F #9BAEC9

square

#C99BC5 #C9B69B #9BC99F #9BAEC9

split-complementary

#C99BC5 #AEC99B #9BC9B6

monochromatic

#985292 #B473AE #C99BC5 #DEC3DC #F4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C99BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C99BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.079 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8d6',
    500: '#c99bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc5;
$custom-light: #dab8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC5

secondary

#D9E6DB

accent

#A9463D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC5

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

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