#CD55D3#CD55D3

#CD55D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.212 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55D3
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(297, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 63.76, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 76.95, 325.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1751 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.212 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1824, 24.1817, 64.1664)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55D3 #5BD355

analogous

#8E55D3 #CD55D3 #D3559A

triadic

#CD55D3 #D3CD55 #55D3CD

tetradic

#CD55D3 #D38E55 #5BD355 #559AD3

square

#CD55D3 #D38E55 #5BD355 #559AD3

split-complementary

#CD55D3 #9AD355 #55D38E

monochromatic

#85248A #B430BB #CD55D3 #DB86E0 #EAB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#CD55D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#CD55D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55D3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55D3	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)

#427DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.212 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8ce1',
    500: '#cd55d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55d3;
$custom-light: #df8ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65007,
    "c": 0.2118,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55D3

secondary

#ABDBA9

accent

#E2464D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160D15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55D3

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

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