#CD99E5#CD99E5

#CD99E5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E5
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 32.81, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 45.12, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0842 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.12 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7087, 41.4197, 79.4371)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E5 #B1E599

analogous

#A799E5 #CD99E5 #E599D7

triadic

#CD99E5 #E5CD99 #99E5CD

tetradic

#CD99E5 #E5A799 #B1E599 #99D7E5

square

#CD99E5 #E5A799 #B1E599 #99D7E5

split-complementary

#CD99E5 #D7E599 #99E5A7

monochromatic

#9D37CC #B568D9 #CD99E5 #E5CAF1 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD99E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CD99E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E5

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E5	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ed',
    500: '#cd99e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e5;
$custom-light: #ddb7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75846,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E5

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C71E54

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E5

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

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