#CD99F5#CD99F5

#CD99F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99F5
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 245)
HSL	hsl(274, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 37.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 36.17, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 52.98, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0879 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.138 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0465, 42.3548, 91.7493)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99F5 #C1F599

analogous

#9F99F5 #CD99F5 #F599EF

triadic

#CD99F5 #F5CD99 #99F5CD

tetradic

#CD99F5 #F59F99 #C1F599 #99EFF5

square

#CD99F5 #F59F99 #C1F599 #99EFF5

split-complementary

#CD99F5 #EFF599 #99F59F

monochromatic

#962AEA #B261F0 #CD99F5 #E8D1FA #F1E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CD99F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CD99F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99F5

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99F5	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ACF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AFF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f8',
    500: '#cd99f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99f5;
$custom-light: #ddb7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76548,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99F5

secondary

#E4F4D7

accent

#DF0765

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99F5

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

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