#C99DEE#C99DEE

#C99DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.122 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99DEE
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 31.29, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 46.61, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.076 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.122 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5741, 42.7050, 86.3983)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99DEE #C2EE9D

analogous

#A19DEE #C99DEE #EE9DEA

triadic

#C99DEE #EEC99D #9DEEC9

tetradic

#C99DEE #EEA19D #C2EE9D #9DEAEE

square

#C99DEE #EEA19D #C2EE9D #9DEAEE

split-complementary

#C99DEE #EAEE9D #9DEEA1

monochromatic

#9035DC #AC69E5 #C99DEE #E6D1F7 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C99DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C99DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99DEE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99DEE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.122 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabaf3',
    500: '#c99dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99dee;
$custom-light: #dabaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.593,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76547,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99DEE

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D2136A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99DEE

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

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