#DC99DD#DC99DD

#DC99DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC99DD
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(299, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 35.97, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 43.54, 325.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0992 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.119 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9563, 43.2205, 73.8928)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC99DD #9ADD99

analogous

#BA99DD #DC99DD #DD99BC

triadic

#DC99DD #DDDC99 #99DDDC

tetradic

#DC99DD #DDBA99 #9ADD99 #99BCDD

square

#DC99DD #DDBA99 #9ADD99 #99BCDD

split-complementary

#DC99DD #BCDD99 #99DDBA

monochromatic

#BB3FBD #CC6BCE #DC99DD #ECC7EC #F7E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DC99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#DC99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC99DD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC99DD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b8e7',
    500: '#dc99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc99dd;
$custom-light: #e8b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.118,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC99DD

secondary

#DDEEDD

accent

#BD282A

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC99DD

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

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