#CD99CD#CD99CD

#CD99CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.093 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99CD
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 28.10, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 33.96, 325.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0776 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.093 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5864, 40.1708, 62.9928)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99CD #99CD99

analogous

#B399CD #CD99CD #CD99B3

triadic

#CD99CD #CDCD99 #99CDCD

tetradic

#CD99CD #CDB399 #99CD99 #99B3CD

square

#CD99CD #CDB399 #99CD99 #99B3CD

split-complementary

#CD99CD #B3CD99 #99CDB3

monochromatic

#9E4D9E #B970B9 #CD99CD #E1C2E1 #F5EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CD99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#CD99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99CD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99CD	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.093 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7dc',
    500: '#cd99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99cd;
$custom-light: #ddb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74887,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99CD

secondary

#DAE8DA

accent

#AD3838

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99CD

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

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