#CD55C5#CD55C5

#CD55C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.200 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55C5
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 197)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(304, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 61.37, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 71.22, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.1738 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.2 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5031, 23.5100, 55.3224)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55C5 #55CD5D

analogous

#9955CD #CD55C5 #CD5589

triadic

#CD55C5 #C5CD55 #55C5CD

tetradic

#CD55C5 #CD9955 #55CD5D #5589CD

square

#CD55C5 #CD9955 #55CD5D #5589CD

split-complementary

#CD55C5 #89CD55 #55CD99

monochromatic

#82267B #B134A8 #CD55C5 #DB84D5 #E9B4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#CD55C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#CD55C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55C5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55C5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D46185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.200 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8cd7',
    500: '#cd55c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55c5;
$custom-light: #df8cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64295,
    "c": 0.2001,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55C5

secondary

#A6D7AA

accent

#DE544A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160C14

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55C5

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

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