#CD56E5#CD56E5

#CD56E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.226 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD56E5
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 66.57, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 84.17, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.1747 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.226 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6458, 25.2939, 76.7494)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD56E5 #6EE556

analogous

#8656E5 #CD56E5 #E556B6

triadic

#CD56E5 #E5CD56 #56E5CD

tetradic

#CD56E5 #E58656 #6EE556 #56B6E5

square

#CD56E5 #E58656 #6EE556 #56B6E5

split-complementary

#CD56E5 #B6E556 #56E586

monochromatic

#8F1AA7 #BD22DC #CD56E5 #DD8BED #ECC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CD56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#CD56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD56E5

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD56E5	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3181E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.226 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08dee',
    500: '#cd56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd56e5;
$custom-light: #e08dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.93,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66102,
    "c": 0.22615,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD56E5

secondary

#BAE6B1

accent

#D51031

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD56E5

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

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