#CD55E5#CD55E5

#CD55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.227 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD55E5
RGBrgb(205, 85, 229)
HSLhsl(290, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(290, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(10.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.21, 67.00, -51.75)
CIE-LCHlch(57.21, 84.66, 322.31°)
OKLaboklab(65.99% 0.1758 -0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(65.99% 0.227 320.6)
XYZxyz(42.5665, 25.1353, 76.7230)
Luminance0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD55E5 #6DE555
analogous
#8555E5 #CD55E5 #E555B5
triadic
#CD55E5 #E5CD55 #55E5CD
tetradic
#CD55E5 #E58555 #6DE555 #55B5E5
square
#CD55E5 #E58555 #6DE555 #55B5E5
split-complementary
#CD55E5 #B5E555 #55E585
monochromatic
#8F19A6 #BC22DB #CD55E5 #DD8AED #ECBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#CD55E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#CD55E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55E5
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD55E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD55E51.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2F81E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#638EE1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE6D96
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.227 320.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08cee',
    500: '#cd55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd55e5;
$custom-light: #e08cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65991,
    "c": 0.22748,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD55E5
secondary
#B9E6B0
accent
#D61031
background
#FEF9FE
surface
#FCF1FD
border
#D5CBD5
text
#160D16
muted
#847E84

Preview Lab

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#CD55E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva