#CC99EE#CC99EE

#CC99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.130 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC99EE
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 34.38, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 49.42, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0852 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.13 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7230, 41.7936, 86.2146)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC99EE #BBEE99

analogous

#A299EE #CC99EE #EE99E6

triadic

#CC99EE #EECC99 #99EECC

tetradic

#CC99EE #EEA299 #BBEE99 #99E6EE

square

#CC99EE #EEA299 #BBEE99 #99E6EE

split-complementary

#CC99EE #E6EE99 #99EEA2

monochromatic

#9830DD #B265E5 #CC99EE #E6CDF7 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CC99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CC99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC99EE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC99EE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.130 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7f4',
    500: '#cc99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc99ee;
$custom-light: #dcb7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76138,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC99EE

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D3125F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC99EE

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

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