#CD99E2#CD99E2

#CD99E2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E2
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 32.20, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 43.67, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0835 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.116 316)
XYZ	xyz(50.2935, 41.2536, 77.2501)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E2 #AEE299

analogous

#A999E2 #CD99E2 #E299D3

triadic

#CD99E2 #E2CD99 #99E2CD

tetradic

#CD99E2 #E2A999 #AEE299 #99D3E2

square

#CD99E2 #E2A999 #AEE299 #99D3E2

split-complementary

#CD99E2 #D3E299 #99E2A9

monochromatic

#9E3AC7 #B669D4 #CD99E2 #E4C9F0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CD99E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CD99E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E2	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7eb',
    500: '#cd99e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e2;
$custom-light: #ddb7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.41253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E2

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C32251

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E2

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

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