#CA99DD#CA99DD

#CA99DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA99DD
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 30.25, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 40.89, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0787 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.109 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7975, 40.5605, 73.6509)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA99DD #ACDD99

analogous

#A899DD #CA99DD #DD99CE

triadic

#CA99DD #DDCA99 #99DDCA

tetradic

#CA99DD #DDA899 #ACDD99 #99CEDD

square

#CA99DD #DDA899 #ACDD99 #99CEDD

split-complementary

#CA99DD #CEDD99 #99DDA8

monochromatic

#9A3FBD #B26BCE #CA99DD #E2C7EC #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CA99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#CA99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA99DD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA99DD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7e7',
    500: '#ca99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca99dd;
$custom-light: #dbb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA99DD

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BD2852

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA99DD

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

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