#CD55D5#CD55D5

#CD55D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.213 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55D5
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(296, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(296, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 64.11, -44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 77.79, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1752 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.214 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4346, 24.2826, 65.4951)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55D5 #5DD555

analogous

#8D55D5 #CD55D5 #D5559D

triadic

#CD55D5 #D5CD55 #55D5CD

tetradic

#CD55D5 #D58D55 #5DD555 #559DD5

square

#CD55D5 #D58D55 #5DD555 #559DD5

split-complementary

#CD55D5 #9DD555 #55D58D

monochromatic

#86238D #B52FBE #CD55D5 #DB86E1 #EAB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#CD55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#CD55D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55D5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55D5	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.213 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8ce2',
    500: '#cd55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55d5;
$custom-light: #df8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65113,
    "c": 0.2135,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55D5

secondary

#ADDCA9

accent

#E4444E

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160D15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55D5

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

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