#CD99DF#CD99DF

#CD99DF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99DF
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 31.60, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 42.23, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0827 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.113 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8854, 41.0904, 75.1011)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99DF #ABDF99

analogous

#AA99DF #CD99DF #DF99CE

triadic

#CD99DF #DFCD99 #99DFCD

tetradic

#CD99DF #DFAA99 #ABDF99 #99CEDF

square

#CD99DF #DFAA99 #ABDF99 #99CEDF

split-complementary

#CD99DF #CEDF99 #99DFAA

monochromatic

#9F3DC1 #B66AD0 #CD99DF #E4C8EE #F4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CD99DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#CD99DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99DF

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99DF	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7e9',
    500: '#cd99df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99df;
$custom-light: #ddb7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75595,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99DF

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C0264D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99DF

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

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