#CD50E6#CD50E6

#CD50E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.235 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD50E6
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 69.25, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 87.45, 322.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.1813 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.235 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3267, 24.4317, 77.3338)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD50E6 #69E650

analogous

#8250E6 #CD50E6 #E650B4

triadic

#CD50E6 #E6CD50 #50E6CD

tetradic

#CD50E6 #E68250 #69E650 #50B4E6

square

#CD50E6 #E68250 #69E650 #50B4E6

split-complementary

#CD50E6 #B4E650 #50E682

monochromatic

#8D17A4 #BB1FDA #CD50E6 #DC86EE #ECBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#CD50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#CD50E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD50E6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD50E6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.235 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08aee',
    500: '#cd50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd50e6;
$custom-light: #e08aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.23482,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD50E6

secondary

#B6E5AC

accent

#D70E30

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD50E6

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

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