#CD99E8#CD99E8

#CD99E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E8
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 33.43, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 46.57, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0849 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.123 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1312, 41.5887, 81.6622)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E8 #B4E899

analogous

#A599E8 #CD99E8 #E899DB

triadic

#CD99E8 #E8CD99 #99E8CD

tetradic

#CD99E8 #E8A599 #B4E899 #99DBE8

square

#CD99E8 #E8A599 #B4E899 #99DBE8

split-complementary

#CD99E8 #DBE899 #99E8A5

monochromatic

#9C35D1 #B567DD #CD99E8 #E5CBF3 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD99E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CD99E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ef',
    500: '#cd99e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e8;
$custom-light: #ddb7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E8

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CB1B57

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E8

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

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