#CD56E3#CD56E3

#CD56E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.224 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD56E3
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 66.20, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 83.30, 322.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1746 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.224 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3682, 25.1828, 75.2872)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD56E3 #6CE356

analogous

#8756E3 #CD56E3 #E356B3

triadic

#CD56E3 #E3CD56 #56E3CD

tetradic

#CD56E3 #E38756 #6CE356 #56B3E3

square

#CD56E3 #E38756 #6CE356 #56B3E3

split-complementary

#CD56E3 #B3E356 #56E387

monochromatic

#8E1BA4 #BC24D8 #CD56E3 #DD8BEC #ECBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#CD56E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#CD56E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD56E3

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD56E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD56E3	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3381E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd56e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.224 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08dec',
    500: '#cd56e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd56e3;
$custom-light: #e08dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd56e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.638,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6599,
    "c": 0.22438,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD56E3

secondary

#B8E5B0

accent

#D41230

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD56E3

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

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