#CD99E6#CD99E6

#CD99E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E6
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 33.02, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 45.60, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0845 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.121 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8487, 41.4757, 80.1745)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E6 #B2E699

analogous

#A699E6 #CD99E6 #E699D9

triadic

#CD99E6 #E6CD99 #99E6CD

tetradic

#CD99E6 #E6A699 #B2E699 #99D9E6

square

#CD99E6 #E6A699 #B2E699 #99D9E6

split-complementary

#CD99E6 #D9E699 #99E6A6

monochromatic

#9D37CE #B568DA #CD99E6 #E5CAF2 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD99E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#CD99E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E6

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E6	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ee',
    500: '#cd99e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e6;
$custom-light: #ddb7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.519,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E6

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C81D55

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E6

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

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