#CD99E1#CD99E1

#CD99E1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E1
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 225)
HSL	hsl(283, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 32%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 32.00, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 43.19, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0832 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.115 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1567, 41.1989, 76.5296)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E1 #ADE199

analogous

#A999E1 #CD99E1 #E199D1

triadic

#CD99E1 #E1CD99 #99E1CD

tetradic

#CD99E1 #E1A999 #ADE199 #99D1E1

square

#CD99E1 #E1A999 #ADE199 #99D1E1

split-complementary

#CD99E1 #D1E199 #99E1A9

monochromatic

#9F3AC5 #B66AD3 #CD99E1 #E4C8EF #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CD99E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CD99E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E1

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E1	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ea',
    500: '#cd99e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e1;
$custom-light: #ddb7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E1

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C22350

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E1

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

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