#CC99CC#CC99CC

#CC99CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.091 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC99CC
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(300, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 27.58, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.34, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0762 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.091 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1910, 39.9808, 62.3462)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC99CC #99CC99

analogous

#B299CC #CC99CC #CC99B3

triadic

#CC99CC #CCCC99 #99CCCC

tetradic

#CC99CC #CCB399 #99CC99 #99B2CC

square

#CC99CC #CCB399 #99CC99 #99B2CC

split-complementary

#CC99CC #B3CC99 #99CCB3

monochromatic

#9C4E9C #B870B8 #CC99CC #E0C2E0 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CC99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CC99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC99CC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC99CC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.091 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7db',
    500: '#cc99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc99cc;
$custom-light: #dcb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC99CC

secondary

#D9E8D9

accent

#AC3939

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC99CC

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

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