#CB99DC#CB99DC

#CB99DC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.108 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB99DC
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 30.36, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 40.54, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0796 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.108 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9362, 40.6473, 72.9641)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB99DC #AADC99

analogous

#A999DC #CB99DC #DC99CB

triadic

#CB99DC #DCCB99 #99DCCB

tetradic

#CB99DC #DCA999 #AADC99 #99CBDC

square

#CB99DC #DCA999 #AADC99 #99CBDC

split-complementary

#CB99DC #CBDC99 #99DCA9

monochromatic

#9B40BB #B46BCC #CB99DC #E2C7EC #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CB99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#CB99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB99DC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB99DC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.108 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7e7',
    500: '#cb99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb99dc;
$custom-light: #dbb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75276,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB99DC

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BC294F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB99DC

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

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