#CC8AED#CC8AED

#CC8AED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.154 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8AED
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 42.29, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 58.33, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.1063 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.154 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2739, 37.1298, 84.6754)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8AED #ABED8A

analogous

#9A8AED #CC8AED #ED8ADC

triadic

#CC8AED #EDCC8A #8AEDCC

tetradic

#CC8AED #ED9A8A #ABED8A #8ADCED

square

#CC8AED #ED9A8A #ABED8A #8ADCED

split-complementary

#CC8AED #DCED8A #8AED9A

monochromatic

#9D22DB #B555E5 #CC8AED #E3BFF5 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CC8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8AED

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8AED	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C998B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.154 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadf3',
    500: '#cc8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8aed;
$custom-light: #ddadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8AED

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D51052

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8AED

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

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