#CB99DD#CB99DD

#CB99DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB99DD
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(284, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 30.57, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 41.02, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0799 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.109 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0691, 40.7005, 73.6637)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB99DD #ABDD99

analogous

#A999DD #CB99DD #DD99CD

triadic

#CB99DD #DDCB99 #99DDCB

tetradic

#CB99DD #DDA999 #ABDD99 #99CDDD

square

#CB99DD #DDA999 #ABDD99 #99CDDD

split-complementary

#CB99DD #CDDD99 #99DDA9

monochromatic

#9B3FBD #B46BCE #CB99DD #E2C7EC #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CB99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#CB99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB99DD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB99DD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7e7',
    500: '#cb99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb99dd;
$custom-light: #dbb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB99DD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD2850

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB99DD

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

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