#CD99CC#CD99CC

#CD99CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.092 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99CC
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(301, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(301, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 27.91, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 33.53, 326.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0773 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.092 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4661, 40.1227, 62.3591)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99CC #99CD9A

analogous

#B499CD #CD99CC #CD99B2

triadic

#CD99CC #CCCD99 #99CCCD

tetradic

#CD99CC #CDB499 #99CD9A #99B2CD

square

#CD99CC #CDB499 #99CD9A #99B2CD

split-complementary

#CD99CC #B2CD99 #99CDB4

monochromatic

#9E4D9D #B970B7 #CD99CC #E1C2E1 #F5EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CD99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CD99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99CC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99CC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.092 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7db',
    500: '#cd99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99cc;
$custom-light: #ddb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74849,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99CC

secondary

#DAE8DA

accent

#AD3B38

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99CC

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

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