#CD99EB#CD99EB

#CD99EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.127 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99EB
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 34.05, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 48.04, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0857 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.127 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5610, 41.7606, 83.9256)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99EB #B7EB99

analogous

#A499EB #CD99EB #EB99E0

triadic

#CD99EB #EBCD99 #99EBCD

tetradic

#CD99EB #EBA499 #B7EB99 #99E0EB

square

#CD99EB #EBA499 #B7EB99 #99E0EB

split-complementary

#CD99EB #E0EB99 #99EBA4

monochromatic

#9B33D7 #B466E1 #CD99EB #E6CCF5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CD99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99EB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99EB	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.127 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f1',
    500: '#cd99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99eb;
$custom-light: #ddb7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76103,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99EB

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CF165A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99EB

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

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