#C99BEE#C99BEE

#C99BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.125 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99BEE
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 32.39, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 47.88, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0789 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.125 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2385, 42.0338, 86.2864)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99BEE #C0EE9B

analogous

#A09BEE #C99BEE #EE9BEA

triadic

#C99BEE #EEC99B #9BEEC9

tetradic

#C99BEE #EEA09B #C0EE9B #9BEAEE

square

#C99BEE #EEA09B #C0EE9B #9BEAEE

split-complementary

#C99BEE #EAEE9B #9BEEA0

monochromatic

#9132DC #AD67E5 #C99BEE #E5CFF7 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C99BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C99BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99BEE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99BEE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.125 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9f4',
    500: '#c99bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99bee;
$custom-light: #dab9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76197,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99BEE

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D31368

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99BEE

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

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