#C99BC7#C99BC7

#C99BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.081 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC7
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(303, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 24.54, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 29.29, 326.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0681 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.081 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1165, 39.9850, 59.3103)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC7 #9BC99D

analogous

#B49BC9 #C99BC7 #C99BB0

triadic

#C99BC7 #C7C99B #9BC7C9

tetradic

#C99BC7 #C9B49B #9BC99D #9BB0C9

square

#C99BC7 #C9B49B #9BC99D #9BB0C9

split-complementary

#C99BC7 #B0C99B #9BC9B4

monochromatic

#985295 #B473B1 #C99BC7 #DEC3DD #F4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C99BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C99BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC7

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC7	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.081 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9d8',
    500: '#c99bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc7;
$custom-light: #dab9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC7

secondary

#D9E6DA

accent

#A9423D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC7

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

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