#C99CCC#C99CCC

#C99CCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.084 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99CCC
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(296, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 24.93, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 30.84, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0682 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.084 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8737, 40.5552, 62.4738)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99CCC #9FCC9C

analogous

#B19CCC #C99CCC #CC9CB7

triadic

#C99CCC #CCC99C #9CCCC9

tetradic

#C99CCC #CCB19C #9FCC9C #9CB7CC

square

#C99CCC #CCB19C #9FCC9C #9CB7CC

split-complementary

#C99CCC #B7CC9C #9CCCB1

monochromatic

#98519D #B374B7 #C99CCC #DFC4E1 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C99CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C99CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99CCC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99CCC	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.084 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9db',
    500: '#c99ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ccc;
$custom-light: #dab9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99CCC

secondary

#DCE8DB

accent

#AB3B42

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99CCC

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

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