#CD55C6#CD55C6

#CD55C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.201 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55C6
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 198)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(304, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 61.53, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 71.62, 329.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1739 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.201 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6181, 23.5560, 55.9279)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55C6 #55CD5C

analogous

#9855CD #CD55C6 #CD558A

triadic

#CD55C6 #C6CD55 #55C6CD

tetradic

#CD55C6 #CD9855 #55CD5C #558ACD

square

#CD55C6 #CD9855 #55CD5C #558ACD

split-complementary

#CD55C6 #8ACD55 #55CD98

monochromatic

#82267C #B134AA #CD55C6 #DB84D6 #E9B4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#CD55C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#CD55C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55C6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55C6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D46186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.201 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8cd7',
    500: '#cd55c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55c6;
$custom-light: #df8cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64344,
    "c": 0.20092,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55C6

secondary

#A6D7A9

accent

#DE534A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160D14

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55C6

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

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