All About Color Pale Violet

#CC99FF

Pale Violet is a soft and delicate purple color. It represents femininity and elegance, perfect for creating a gentle and sophisticated space.

About Pale Violet

Pale Violet is a very light purple color with the hex code #CC99FF. In RGB it is red 204, green 153, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 270°, saturation 100%, lightness 80%; in CMYK it is 20%, 40%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 2.19:1 on white and 9.57:1 on black.

#CC99FF Color Conversion

Hex tripletCC, 99, FF
CMYK20.00%, 40.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal204, 153, 255
HSL270°, 100%, 80%
RGB Octal314, 231, 377
HSV (HSB)270.00°, 40.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11001100, 10011001, 11111111
CIE-L*AB71.45, 38.07, -43.65
RGB Percent80.00%, 60.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH71.45, 57.91, 311.10
XYZ54.34, 42.84, 100.01
CIE-L*UV71.45, 18.76, -75.78
xyY0.28, 0.22, 42.84
Hunter-Lab65.45, 33.66, -44.78
RYB80.00%, 60.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#CC99FF on a dark background: contrast 9.57:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#CC99FF on a light background: contrast 2.19:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Pale Violet, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Pale Violet. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#CC99FF · #F2E5FF · #9E3DFF · #CCFF99 · #F2FFE5

Analogous palette

#99CCFF · #9999FF · #CC99FF · #FF99FF · #FF99CC

Triadic palette

#CC99FF · #FFCC99 · #99FFCC · #F2E5FF · #FFF2E5

Tetradic palette

#CC99FF · #FF9999 · #CCFF99 · #99FFFF · #9E3DFF

Monochromatic palette

#7F00FF · #A64DFF · #CC99FF · #F2E5FF · #F2E5FF

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