#CC99E9#CC99E9

#CC99E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC99E9
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 33.33, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 46.96, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.084 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.124 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9986, 41.5039, 82.3995)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC99E9 #B6E999

analogous

#A499E9 #CC99E9 #E999DE

triadic

#CC99E9 #E9CC99 #99E9CC

tetradic

#CC99E9 #E9A499 #B6E999 #99DEE9

square

#CC99E9 #E9A499 #B6E999 #99DEE9

split-complementary

#CC99E9 #DEE999 #99E9A4

monochromatic

#9A34D3 #B367DE #CC99E9 #E5CBF4 #F2E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CC99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#CC99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC99E9

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC99E9	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7f0',
    500: '#cc99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc99e9;
$custom-light: #dcb7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC99E9

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CC195A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC99E9

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

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