#CD99FD#CD99FD

#CD99FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.148 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99FD
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 253)
HSL	hsl(271, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 39.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 37.90, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 56.97, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0895 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.148 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2942, 42.8539, 98.3208)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99FD #C9FD99

analogous

#9B99FD #CD99FD #FD99FB

triadic

#CD99FD #FDCD99 #99FDCD

tetradic

#CD99FD #FD9B99 #C9FD99 #99FBFD

square

#CD99FD #FD9B99 #C9FD99 #99FBFD

split-complementary

#CD99FD #FBFD99 #99FD9B

monochromatic

#9221FB #B05DFC #CD99FD #EAD5FE #F0E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CD99FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CD99FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99FD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99FD	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.148 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb8fe',
    500: '#cd99fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99fd;
$custom-light: #deb8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76918,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99FD

secondary

#E5F7D4

accent

#E6006E

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99FD

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

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