#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
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 67.00, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 84.66, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1758 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.227 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5665, 25.1353, 76.7230)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##CD55E5	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #CD55E5

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

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