#CD56E2#CD56E2

#CD56E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.223 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD56E2
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 66.02, -50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 82.86, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.1746 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.223 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2306, 25.1278, 74.5625)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD56E2 #6BE256

analogous

#8756E2 #CD56E2 #E256B1

triadic

#CD56E2 #E2CD56 #56E2CD

tetradic

#CD56E2 #E28756 #6BE256 #56B1E2

square

#CD56E2 #E28756 #6BE256 #56B1E2

split-complementary

#CD56E2 #B1E256 #56E287

monochromatic

#8E1CA2 #BB25D6 #CD56E2 #DC8AEB #ECBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#CD56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#CD56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD56E2

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD56E2	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	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)

#3581E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.223 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08dec',
    500: '#cd56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd56e2;
$custom-light: #e08dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.22349,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD56E2

secondary

#B8E4B0

accent

#D31330

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD56E2

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

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