#CC8EE9#CC8EE9

#CC8EE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.143 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8EE9
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 39.31, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 53.90, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0999 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.143 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2805, 38.0676, 81.8268)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8EE9 #ABE98E

analogous

#9E8EE9 #CC8EE9 #E98ED8

triadic

#CC8EE9 #E9CC8E #8EE9CC

tetradic

#CC8EE9 #E99E8E #ABE98E #8ED8E9

square

#CC8EE9 #E99E8E #ABE98E #8ED8E9

split-complementary

#CC8EE9 #D8E98E #8EE99E

monochromatic

#9D29D3 #B55BDF #CC8EE9 #E3C1F3 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CC8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8EE9

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8EE9	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.143 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0f0',
    500: '#cc8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8ee9;
$custom-light: #ddb0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.879,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8EE9

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#CF1651

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8EE9

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

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