#CB99DE#CB99DE

#CB99DE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB99DE
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(283, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 30.77, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 41.50, 317.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0801 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.111 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2027, 40.7539, 74.3674)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB99DE #ACDE99

analogous

#A899DE #CB99DE #DE99CE

triadic

#CB99DE #DECB99 #99DECB

tetradic

#CB99DE #DEA899 #ACDE99 #99CEDE

square

#CB99DE #DEA899 #ACDE99 #99CEDE

split-complementary

#CB99DE #CEDE99 #99DEA8

monochromatic

#9B3EBF #B36BCF #CB99DE #E3C7ED #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CB99DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CB99DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB99DE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB99DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB99DE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb99de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7e8',
    500: '#cb99de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb99de;
$custom-light: #dbb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb99de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75358,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB99DE

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#BE2751

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB99DE

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

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