#CD99DC#CD99DC

#CD99DC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99DC
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(287, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 31.00, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 40.81, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0819 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.109 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4845, 40.9300, 72.9898)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99DC #A8DC99

analogous

#AB99DC #CD99DC #DC99C9

triadic

#CD99DC #DCCD99 #99DCCD

tetradic

#CD99DC #DCAB99 #A8DC99 #99C9DC

square

#CD99DC #DCAB99 #A8DC99 #99C9DC

split-complementary

#CD99DC #C9DC99 #99DCAB

monochromatic

#9F40BB #B76BCC #CD99DC #E3C7EC #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CD99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#CD99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99DC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99DC	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7e7',
    500: '#cd99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99dc;
$custom-light: #ddb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99DC

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BC294A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99DC

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

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