#CD55E9#CD55E9

#CD55E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.231 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD55E9
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(289, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 67.74, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 86.41, 321.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.1758 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.231 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1315, 25.3613, 79.6983)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD55E9 #71E955

analogous

#8355E9 #CD55E9 #E955BB

triadic

#CD55E9 #E9CD55 #55E9CD

tetradic

#CD55E9 #E98355 #71E955 #55BBE9

square

#CD55E9 #E98355 #71E955 #55BBE9

split-complementary

#CD55E9 #BBE955 #55E983

monochromatic

#9116AD #BD1FE2 #CD55E9 #DD8BF0 #EDC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#CD55E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#CD55E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD55E9

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD55E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD55E9	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2882ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd55e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.231 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08cf1',
    500: '#cd55e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd55e9;
$custom-light: #e08cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd55e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6622,
    "c": 0.23103,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD55E9

secondary

#BCE8B2

accent

#D90C33

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD55E9

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

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