#CD55E4#CD55E4

#CD55E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.227 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55E4
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 66.81, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 84.22, 322.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.1758 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.227 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4273, 25.0796, 75.9898)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55E4 #6CE455

analogous

#8655E4 #CD55E4 #E455B4

triadic

#CD55E4 #E4CD55 #55E4CD

tetradic

#CD55E4 #E48655 #6CE455 #55B4E4

square

#CD55E4 #E48655 #6CE455 #55B4E4

split-complementary

#CD55E4 #B4E455 #55E486

monochromatic

#8E1AA4 #BC23D9 #CD55E4 #DD8AEC #ECBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#CD55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#CD55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55E4

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55E4	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3081E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.227 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08ced',
    500: '#cd55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55e4;
$custom-light: #e08ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.35,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.22659,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55E4

secondary

#B8E5B0

accent

#D51130

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55E4

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

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