#CD99ED#CD99ED

#CD99ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99ED
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 34.47, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 49.02, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0861 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.129 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8515, 41.8768, 85.4559)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99ED #B9ED99

analogous

#A399ED #CD99ED #ED99E3

triadic

#CD99ED #EDCD99 #99EDCD

tetradic

#CD99ED #EDA399 #B9ED99 #99E3ED

square

#CD99ED #EDA399 #B9ED99 #99E3ED

split-complementary

#CD99ED #E3ED99 #99EDA3

monochromatic

#9A31DB #B465E4 #CD99ED #E7CDF6 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD99ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CD99ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99ED

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99ED	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f3',
    500: '#cd99ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99ed;
$custom-light: #ddb7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99ED

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D2145C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99ED

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

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