#CD99DB#CD99DB

#CD99DB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99DB
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 30.80, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 40.34, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0816 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.108 319)
XYZ	xyz(49.3525, 40.8772, 72.2944)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99DB #A7DB99

analogous

#AC99DB #CD99DB #DB99C8

triadic

#CD99DB #DBCD99 #99DBCD

tetradic

#CD99DB #DBAC99 #A7DB99 #99C8DB

square

#CD99DB #DBAC99 #A7DB99 #99C8DB

split-complementary

#CD99DB #C8DB99 #99DBAC

monochromatic

#9F41B8 #B76CCB #CD99DB #E3C6EB #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CD99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CD99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99DB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99DB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7e6',
    500: '#cd99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99db;
$custom-light: #ddb7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.40876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99DB

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BB2A49

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99DB

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

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