#CD56E6#CD56E6

#CD56E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.227 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD56E6
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(290, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 66.76, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 84.61, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.1747 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.227 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7858, 25.3499, 77.4869)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD56E6 #6FE656

analogous

#8556E6 #CD56E6 #E656B7

triadic

#CD56E6 #E6CD56 #56E6CD

tetradic

#CD56E6 #E68556 #6FE656 #56B7E6

square

#CD56E6 #E68556 #6FE656 #56B7E6

split-complementary

#CD56E6 #B7E656 #56E685

monochromatic

#9019A9 #BD21DE #CD56E6 #DD8BEE #EDC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#CD56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#CD56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD56E6

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD56E6	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)

#2F82EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.227 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08dee',
    500: '#cd56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd56e6;
$custom-light: #e08dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66159,
    "c": 0.22704,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD56E6

secondary

#BBE6B1

accent

#D60F32

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD56E6

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

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