#CD99E9#CD99E9

#CD99E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99E9
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 33.64, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 47.06, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0852 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.124 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2736, 41.6457, 82.4124)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99E9 #B5E999

analogous

#A599E9 #CD99E9 #E999DD

triadic

#CD99E9 #E9CD99 #99E9CD

tetradic

#CD99E9 #E9A599 #B5E999 #99DDE9

square

#CD99E9 #E9A599 #B5E999 #99DDE9

split-complementary

#CD99E9 #DDE999 #99E9A5

monochromatic

#9C34D3 #B467DE #CD99E9 #E6CBF4 #F3E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CD99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99E9

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99E9	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f0',
    500: '#cd99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99e9;
$custom-light: #ddb7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76017,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99E9

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CC1958

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99E9

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

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