#CD55E1#CD55E1

#CD55E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.224 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55E1
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(291, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 66.26, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 82.92, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.1757 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.224 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0145, 24.9145, 73.8155)
Luminance	0.2491 (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

#CD55E1 #69E155

analogous

#8755E1 #CD55E1 #E155AF

triadic

#CD55E1 #E1CD55 #55E1CD

tetradic

#CD55E1 #E18755 #69E155 #55AFE1

square

#CD55E1 #E18755 #69E155 #55AFE1

split-complementary

#CD55E1 #AFE155 #55E187

monochromatic

#8D1C9F #BB25D3 #CD55E1 #DC89EA #ECBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#CD55E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#CD55E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55E1

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55E1	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3480E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.224 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08ceb',
    500: '#cd55e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55e1;
$custom-light: #e08ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65766,
    "c": 0.22395,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55E1

secondary

#B6E3AE

accent

#D2142F

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55E1

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

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