#C99CD2#C99CD2

#C99CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.090 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99CD2
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(290, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 26.09, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 33.59, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.07 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.09 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6072, 40.8486, 66.3370)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99CD2 #A5D29C

analogous

#AE9CD2 #C99CD2 #D29CC0

triadic

#C99CD2 #D2C99C #9CD2C9

tetradic

#C99CD2 #D2AE9C #A5D29C #9CC0D2

square

#C99CD2 #D2AE9C #A5D29C #9CC0D2

split-complementary

#C99CD2 #C0D29C #9CD2AE

monochromatic

#984CA7 #B272BF #C99CD2 #E0C6E5 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C99CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C99CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99CD2

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99CD2	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.090 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e0',
    500: '#c99cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99cd2;
$custom-light: #dab9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99CD2

secondary

#E0ECDE

accent

#B0354A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99CD2

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

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