#CD50E2#CD50E2

#CD50E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.231 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD50E2
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 68.52, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 85.73, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1814 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.231 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7715, 24.2096, 74.4094)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD50E2 #65E250

analogous

#8450E2 #CD50E2 #E250AE

triadic

#CD50E2 #E2CD50 #50E2CD

tetradic

#CD50E2 #E28450 #65E250 #50AEE2

square

#CD50E2 #E28450 #65E250 #50AEE2

split-complementary

#CD50E2 #AEE250 #50E284

monochromatic

#8B1A9E #B923D2 #CD50E2 #DC84EB #EBB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#CD50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#CD50E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD50E2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD50E2	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.231 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08aec',
    500: '#cd50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd50e2;
$custom-light: #e08aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.37,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65281,
    "c": 0.23136,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD50E2

secondary

#B3E3AB

accent

#EE3954

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD50E2

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

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