#C99EDD#C99EDD

#C99EDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.100 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99EDD
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 27.19, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 37.54, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0702 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.1 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3634, 42.0925, 73.9168)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99EDD #B2DD9E

analogous

#AA9EDD #C99EDD #DD9ED2

triadic

#C99EDD #DDC99E #9EDDC9

tetradic

#C99EDD #DDAA9E #B2DD9E #9ED2DD

square

#C99EDD #DDAA9E #B2DD9E #9ED2DD

split-complementary

#C99EDD #D2DD9E #9EDDAA

monochromatic

#9743BD #B071CD #C99EDD #E2CBED #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C99EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C99EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99EDD

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99EDD	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.100 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabbe7',
    500: '#c99edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99edd;
$custom-light: #dabbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.952,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99EDD

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BB2A58

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99EDD

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

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