#CD55D6#CD55D6

#CD55D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.214 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55D6
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(296, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(296, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 64.29, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 78.21, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1753 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.214 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5620, 24.3335, 66.1656)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55D6 #5ED655

analogous

#8C55D6 #CD55D6 #D6559E

triadic

#CD55D6 #D6CD55 #55D6CD

tetradic

#CD55D6 #D68C55 #5ED655 #559ED6

square

#CD55D6 #D68C55 #5ED655 #559ED6

split-complementary

#CD55D6 #9ED655 #55D68C

monochromatic

#87228E #B52EC0 #CD55D6 #DC86E2 #EAB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CD55D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#CD55D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55D6

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55D6	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.214 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8ce3',
    500: '#cd55d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55d6;
$custom-light: #df8ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.814,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65166,
    "c": 0.21436,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55D6

secondary

#ADDDAA

accent

#E4444F

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160D15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55D6

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

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