#C99CDC#C99CDC

#C99CDC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.102 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99CDC
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(282, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(282, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 28.08, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 38.35, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0729 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.102 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8922, 41.3626, 73.1045)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99CDC #AFDC9C

analogous

#A99CDC #C99CDC #DC9CCF

triadic

#C99CDC #DCC99C #9CDCC9

tetradic

#C99CDC #DCA99C #AFDC9C #9CCFDC

square

#C99CDC #DCA99C #AFDC9C #9CCFDC

split-complementary

#C99CDC #CFDC9C #9CDCA9

monochromatic

#9742BB #B06FCC #C99CDC #E2C9EC #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C99CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C99CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99CDC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99CDC	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.102 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e7',
    500: '#c99cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99cdc;
$custom-light: #dab9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.188,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99CDC

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BB2A55

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99CDC

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

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