#C99BC9#C99BC9

#C99BC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.083 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BC9
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(300, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 24.91, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 30.16, 325.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0688 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.083 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3502, 40.0785, 60.5413)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BC9 #9BC99B

analogous

#B29BC9 #C99BC9 #C99BB2

triadic

#C99BC9 #C9C99B #9BC9C9

tetradic

#C99BC9 #C9B29B #9BC99B #9BB2C9

square

#C99BC9 #C9B29B #9BC99B #9BB2C9

split-complementary

#C99BC9 #B2C99B #9BC9B2

monochromatic

#985298 #B473B4 #C99BC9 #DEC3DE #F4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C99BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C99BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BC9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BC9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.083 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9d9',
    500: '#c99bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bc9;
$custom-light: #dab9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BC9

secondary

#D9E6D9

accent

#A93D3D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BC9

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

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