#C99BCD#C99BCD

#C99BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.087 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BCD
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(295, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(295, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 25.67, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 31.95, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.07 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.087 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8269, 40.2691, 63.0517)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BCD #9FCD9B

analogous

#B09BCD #C99BCD #CD9BB8

triadic

#C99BCD #CDC99B #9BCDC9

tetradic

#C99BCD #CDB09B #9FCD9B #9BB8CD

square

#C99BCD #CDB09B #9FCD9B #9BB8CD

split-complementary

#C99BCD #B8CD9B #9BCDB0

monochromatic

#984F9E #B372B9 #C99BCD #DFC4E1 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C99BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C99BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BCD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BCD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.087 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9dc',
    500: '#c99bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bcd;
$custom-light: #dab9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74849,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BCD

secondary

#DCE9DB

accent

#AC3943

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BCD

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

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