#CC8ADD#CC8ADD

#CC8ADD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8ADD
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 39.03, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 50.72, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.1031 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.136 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0397, 36.2362, 72.9089)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8ADD #9BDD8A

analogous

#A28ADD #CC8ADD #DD8AC4

triadic

#CC8ADD #DDCC8A #8ADDCC

tetradic

#CC8ADD #DDA28A #9BDD8A #8AC4DD

square

#CC8ADD #DDA28A #9BDD8A #8AC4DD

split-complementary

#CC8ADD #C4DD8A #8ADDA2

monochromatic

#9D35B7 #B75BCF #CC8ADD #E1B9EB #F5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CC8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CC8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8ADD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8ADD	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD94A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddade8',
    500: '#cc8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8add;
$custom-light: #ddade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.711,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8ADD

secondary

#DBEDD6

accent

#C22344

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8ADD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →