#CD99EE#CD99EE

#CD99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99EE
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 34.68, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 49.51, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0863 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.13 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9980, 41.9354, 86.2274)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99EE #BAEE99

analogous

#A399EE #CD99EE #EE99E5

triadic

#CD99EE #EECD99 #99EECD

tetradic

#CD99EE #EEA399 #BAEE99 #99E5EE

square

#CD99EE #EEA399 #BAEE99 #99E5EE

split-complementary

#CD99EE #E5EE99 #99EEA3

monochromatic

#9A30DD #B365E5 #CD99EE #E7CDF7 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CD99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99EE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99EE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f4',
    500: '#cd99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99ee;
$custom-light: #ddb7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76235,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99EE

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D3125D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99EE

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

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