#CC9BE2#CC9BE2

#CC9BE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9BE2
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 30.80, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 42.27, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0794 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.112 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3485, 41.7720, 77.3472)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9BE2 #B1E29B

analogous

#A89BE2 #CC9BE2 #E29BD5

triadic

#CC9BE2 #E2CC9B #9BE2CC

tetradic

#CC9BE2 #E2A89B #B1E29B #9BD5E2

square

#CC9BE2 #E2A89B #B1E29B #9BD5E2

split-complementary

#CC9BE2 #D5E29B #9BE2A8

monochromatic

#9C3CC6 #B46CD4 #CC9BE2 #E4CAF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CC9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CC9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9BE2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9BE2	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9eb',
    500: '#cc9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9be2;
$custom-light: #dcb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75971,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9BE2

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C32354

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9BE2

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

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