#CD99E7#CD99E7

#CD99E7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E7
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 231)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 33.22, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 46.09, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0847 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.122 314)
XYZ	xyz(50.9896, 41.5321, 80.9162)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E7 #B3E799

analogous

#A699E7 #CD99E7 #E799DA

triadic

#CD99E7 #E7CD99 #99E7CD

tetradic

#CD99E7 #E7A699 #B3E799 #99DAE7

square

#CD99E7 #E7A699 #B3E799 #99DAE7

split-complementary

#CD99E7 #DAE799 #99E7A6

monochromatic

#9C36D0 #B567DB #CD99E7 #E5CBF3 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD99E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#CD99E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E7

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E7	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ef',
    500: '#cd99e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e7;
$custom-light: #ddb7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.41531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E7

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CA1C56

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E7

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

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