#CC99DD#CC99DD

#CC99DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.110 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC99DD
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 30.88, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 41.15, 318.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.081 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.11 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3423, 40.8414, 73.6765)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC99DD #AADD99

analogous

#AA99DD #CC99DD #DD99CC

triadic

#CC99DD #DDCC99 #99DDCC

tetradic

#CC99DD #DDAA99 #AADD99 #99CCDD

square

#CC99DD #DDAA99 #AADD99 #99CCDD

split-complementary

#CC99DD #CCDD99 #99DDAA

monochromatic

#9D3FBD #B56BCE #CC99DD #E3C7EC #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CC99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CC99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC99DD

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC99DD	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.110 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7e7',
    500: '#cc99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc99dd;
$custom-light: #dcb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC99DD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD284D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC99DD

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

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