#CC9EDD#CC9EDD

#CC9EDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.101 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9EDD
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(284, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 28.14, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 37.93, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0736 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.101 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1779, 42.5125, 73.9550)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9EDD #AFDD9E

analogous

#AD9EDD #CC9EDD #DD9ECF

triadic

#CC9EDD #DDCC9E #9EDDCC

tetradic

#CC9EDD #DDAD9E #AFDD9E #9ECFDD

square

#CC9EDD #DDAD9E #AFDD9E #9ECFDD

split-complementary

#CC9EDD #CFDD9E #9EDDAD

monochromatic

#9C43BD #B471CD #CC9EDD #E4CBED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CC9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CC9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9EDD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9EDD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.101 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbbe7',
    500: '#cc9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9edd;
$custom-light: #dcbbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.81,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76299,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9EDD

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BB2A51

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9EDD

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

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