#CC9BE7#CC9BE7

#CC9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9BE7
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 31.83, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 44.70, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0807 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.118 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0446, 42.0504, 81.0133)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9BE7 #B6E79B

analogous

#A69BE7 #CC9BE7 #E79BDC

triadic

#CC9BE7 #E7CC9B #9BE7CC

tetradic

#CC9BE7 #E7A69B #B6E79B #9BDCE7

square

#CC9BE7 #E7A69B #B6E79B #9BDCE7

split-complementary

#CC9BE7 #DCE79B #9BE7A6

monochromatic

#9A38CF #B36ADB #CC9BE7 #E5CCF3 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CC9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CC9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9BE7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9BE7	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)

#8FABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9ef',
    500: '#cc9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9be7;
$custom-light: #dcb9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76181,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9BE7

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C91D5A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9BE7

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

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