#CD99FF#CD99FF

#CD99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.150 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99FF
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(271, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 38.34, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 57.97, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0898 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.15 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6145, 42.9820, 100.0076)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99FF #CBFF99

analogous

#9A99FF #CD99FF #FF99FE

triadic

#CD99FF #FFCD99 #99FFCD

tetradic

#CD99FF #FF9A99 #CBFF99 #99FEFF

square

#CD99FF #FF9A99 #CBFF99 #99FEFF

split-complementary

#CD99FF #FEFF99 #99FF9A

monochromatic

#911FFF #AF5CFF #CD99FF #EBD6FF #F0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CD99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CD99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99FF

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99FF	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EB0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.150 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb8ff',
    500: '#cd99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99ff;
$custom-light: #deb8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99FF

secondary

#E5F7D4

accent

#E60071

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99FF

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

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