#C99DCD#C99DCD

#C99DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.083 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99DCD
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(295, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(295, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 24.58, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 30.64, 323.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.067 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.083 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1625, 40.9403, 63.1636)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99DCD #A1CD9D

analogous

#B19DCD #C99DCD #CD9DB9

triadic

#C99DCD #CDC99D #9DCDC9

tetradic

#C99DCD #CDB19D #A1CD9D #9DB9CD

square

#C99DCD #CDB19D #A1CD9D #9DB9CD

split-complementary

#C99DCD #B9CD9D #9DCDB1

monochromatic

#98519F #B374B8 #C99DCD #DFC6E2 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C99DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C99DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99DCD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99DCD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.083 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabadc',
    500: '#c99dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99dcd;
$custom-light: #dabadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99DCD

secondary

#DEE9DD

accent

#AB3A44

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99DCD

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

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