#CD99E4#CD99E4

#CD99E4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E4
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 32.61, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 44.63, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.084 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.118 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5695, 41.3640, 78.7039)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E4 #B0E499

analogous

#A899E4 #CD99E4 #E499D6

triadic

#CD99E4 #E4CD99 #99E4CD

tetradic

#CD99E4 #E4A899 #B0E499 #99D6E4

square

#CD99E4 #E4A899 #B0E499 #99D6E4

split-complementary

#CD99E4 #D6E499 #99E4A8

monochromatic

#9E38CA #B569D7 #CD99E4 #E5C9F1 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD99E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CD99E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E4

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E4	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ec',
    500: '#cd99e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e4;
$custom-light: #ddb7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E4

secondary

#E1F0DB

accent

#C62053

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E4

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

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