#CD99EF#CD99EF

#CD99EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99EF
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 34.89, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 50.01, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0866 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.131 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1453, 41.9944, 87.0033)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99EF #BBEF99

analogous

#A299EF #CD99EF #EF99E6

triadic

#CD99EF #EFCD99 #99EFCD

tetradic

#CD99EF #EFA299 #BBEF99 #99E6EF

square

#CD99EF #EFA299 #BBEF99 #99E6EF

split-complementary

#CD99EF #E6EF99 #99EFA2

monochromatic

#992FDE #B364E7 #CD99EF #E7CEF7 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD99EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CD99EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99EF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99EF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f4',
    500: '#cd99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99ef;
$custom-light: #ddb7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76279,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99EF

secondary

#E3F3D8

accent

#D5115E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99EF

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

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