#CD99DE#CD99DE

#CD99DE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99DE
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 31.40, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 41.76, 318.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0824 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.112 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7510, 41.0366, 74.3931)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99DE #AADE99

analogous

#AA99DE #CD99DE #DE99CC

triadic

#CD99DE #DECD99 #99DECD

tetradic

#CD99DE #DEAA99 #AADE99 #99CCDE

square

#CD99DE #DEAA99 #AADE99 #99CCDE

split-complementary

#CD99DE #CCDE99 #99DEAA

monochromatic

#9F3EBF #B66BCF #CD99DE #E4C7ED #F4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CD99DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#CD99DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99DE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99DE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7e8',
    500: '#cd99de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99de;
$custom-light: #ddb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99DE

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#BE274C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99DE

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

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