#C99BD2#C99BD2

#C99BD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.092 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BD2
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(290, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 26.64, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.24, 321.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0715 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.092 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4401, 40.5144, 66.2813)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BD2 #A4D29B

analogous

#AE9BD2 #C99BD2 #D29BC0

triadic

#C99BD2 #D2C99B #9BD2C9

tetradic

#C99BD2 #D2AE9B #A4D29B #9BC0D2

square

#C99BD2 #D2AE9B #A4D29B #9BC0D2

split-complementary

#C99BD2 #C0D29B #9BD2AE

monochromatic

#984BA7 #B271BF #C99BD2 #E0C5E5 #F4EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C99BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C99BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BD2

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BD2	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.092 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e0',
    500: '#c99bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bd2;
$custom-light: #dab9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.182,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BD2

secondary

#E0EBDD

accent

#B13549

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BD2

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

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