#CC9AED#CC9AED

#CC9AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9AED
RGB	rgb(204, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(276, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 33.63, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 48.29, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0835 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.127 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7408, 42.0637, 85.4978)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9AED #BBED9A

analogous

#A39AED #CC9AED #ED9AE4

triadic

#CC9AED #EDCC9A #9AEDCC

tetradic

#CC9AED #EDA39A #BBED9A #9AE4ED

square

#CC9AED #EDA39A #BBED9A #9AE4ED

split-complementary

#CC9AED #E4ED9A #9AEDA3

monochromatic

#9832DA #B266E4 #CC9AED #E6CEF6 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CC9AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CC9AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9AED

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9AED	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb8f3',
    500: '#cc9aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9aed;
$custom-light: #dcb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.145,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9AED

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D2145F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9AED

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

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