#C99BCB#C99BCB

#C99BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.085 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BCB
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(298, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(298, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 25.29, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 31.05, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0694 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.085 325)
XYZ	xyz(46.5870, 40.1732, 61.7884)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BCB #9DCB9B

analogous

#B19BCB #C99BCB #CB9BB5

triadic

#C99BCB #CBC99B #9BCBC9

tetradic

#C99BCB #CBB19B #9DCB9B #9BB5CB

square

#C99BCB #CBB19B #9DCB9B #9BB5CB

split-complementary

#C99BCB #B5CB9B #9BCBB1

monochromatic

#98519B #B373B6 #C99BCB #DFC3E0 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C99BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C99BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BCB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BCB	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.085 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9db',
    500: '#c99bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bcb;
$custom-light: #dab9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BCB

secondary

#DBE8DA

accent

#AA3B40

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BCB

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

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