#C99BC8#C99BC8

#C99BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.082 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC8
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(301, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(301, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 24.73, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 29.72, 326.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0685 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.082 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2330, 40.0316, 59.9238)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC8 #9BC99C

analogous

#B39BC9 #C99BC8 #C99BB1

triadic

#C99BC8 #C8C99B #9BC8C9

tetradic

#C99BC8 #C9B39B #9BC99C #9BB1C9

square

#C99BC8 #C9B39B #9BC99C #9BB1C9

split-complementary

#C99BC8 #B1C99B #9BC9B3

monochromatic

#985296 #B473B2 #C99BC8 #DEC3DE #F4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C99BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C99BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.082 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9d8',
    500: '#c99bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc8;
$custom-light: #dab9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.304,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC8

secondary

#D9E6DA

accent

#A93F3D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC8

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

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