#CC8CED#CC8CED

#CC8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.150 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8CED
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 41.22, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 57.09, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.1035 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.15 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5635, 37.7090, 84.7720)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8CED #ADED8C

analogous

#9C8CED #CC8CED #ED8CDD

triadic

#CC8CED #EDCC8C #8CEDCC

tetradic

#CC8CED #ED9C8C #ADED8C #8CDDED

square

#CC8CED #ED9C8C #ADED8C #8CDDED

split-complementary

#CC8CED #DDED8C #8CED9C

monochromatic

#9D22DC #B557E5 #CC8CED #E3C1F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CC8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8CED

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8CED	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.150 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaff3',
    500: '#cc8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8ced;
$custom-light: #ddaff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.588,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8CED

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D51053

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8CED

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

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