#CD55E3#CD55E3

#CD55E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.226 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55E3
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 66.63, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 83.78, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1758 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.226 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2889, 25.0243, 75.2608)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55E3 #6BE355

analogous

#8655E3 #CD55E3 #E355B2

triadic

#CD55E3 #E3CD55 #55E3CD

tetradic

#CD55E3 #E38655 #6BE355 #55B2E3

square

#CD55E3 #E38655 #6BE355 #55B2E3

split-complementary

#CD55E3 #B2E355 #55E386

monochromatic

#8E1BA3 #BB23D7 #CD55E3 #DC8AEC #ECBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#CD55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#CD55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55E3

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55E3	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3180E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.226 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08cec',
    500: '#cd55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55e3;
$custom-light: #e08cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65878,
    "c": 0.2257,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55E3

secondary

#B8E5AF

accent

#D41230

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55E3

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

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