#CC99DE#CC99DE

#CC99DE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC99DE
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(284, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 31.08, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 41.63, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0813 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.111 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4760, 40.8948, 74.3802)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC99DE #ABDE99

analogous

#A999DE #CC99DE #DE99CD

triadic

#CC99DE #DECC99 #99DECC

tetradic

#CC99DE #DEA999 #ABDE99 #99CDDE

square

#CC99DE #DEA999 #ABDE99 #99CDDE

split-complementary

#CC99DE #CDDE99 #99DEA9

monochromatic

#9D3EBF #B56BCF #CC99DE #E3C7ED #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CC99DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CC99DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC99DE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC99DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC99DE	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc99de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7e8',
    500: '#cc99de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc99de;
$custom-light: #dcb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc99de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC99DE

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#BE274F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC99DE

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

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