#CC99EB#CC99EB

#CC99EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC99EB
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 33.75, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 47.94, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0845 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.126 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2859, 41.6188, 83.9127)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC99EB #B8EB99

analogous

#A399EB #CC99EB #EB99E1

triadic

#CC99EB #EBCC99 #99EBCC

tetradic

#CC99EB #EBA399 #B8EB99 #99E1EB

square

#CC99EB #EBA399 #B8EB99 #99E1EB

split-complementary

#CC99EB #E1EB99 #99EBA3

monochromatic

#9933D7 #B266E1 #CC99EB #E6CCF5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CC99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CC99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC99EB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC99EB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7f1',
    500: '#cc99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc99eb;
$custom-light: #dcb7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC99EB

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CF165C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC99EB

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

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