#CD55E2#CD55E2

#CD55E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.225 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55E2
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 66.44, -50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 83.35, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1758 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.225 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1513, 24.9692, 74.5360)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55E2 #6AE255

analogous

#8655E2 #CD55E2 #E255B0

triadic

#CD55E2 #E2CD55 #55E2CD

tetradic

#CD55E2 #E28655 #6AE255 #55B0E2

square

#CD55E2 #E28655 #6AE255 #55B0E2

split-complementary

#CD55E2 #B0E255 #55E286

monochromatic

#8D1BA1 #BB24D5 #CD55E2 #DC89EB #ECBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#CD55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#CD55E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55E2

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55E2	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.225 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08cec',
    500: '#cd55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55e2;
$custom-light: #e08cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.22483,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55E2

secondary

#B7E4AF

accent

#D3132F

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55E2

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

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