#CD56E9#CD56E9

#CD56E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.230 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD56E9
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(289, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 67.31, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 85.93, 321.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.1747 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.23 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2107, 25.5199, 79.7247)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD56E9 #72E956

analogous

#8356E9 #CD56E9 #E956BC

triadic

#CD56E9 #E9CD56 #56E9CD

tetradic

#CD56E9 #E98356 #72E956 #56BCE9

square

#CD56E9 #E98356 #72E956 #56BCE9

split-complementary

#CD56E9 #BCE956 #56E983

monochromatic

#9117AE #BD20E2 #CD56E9 #DD8CF0 #EDC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#CD56E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#CD56E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD56E9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD56E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD56E9	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B82ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd56e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.230 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08df1',
    500: '#cd56e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd56e9;
$custom-light: #e08df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd56e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6633,
    "c": 0.22973,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD56E9

secondary

#BDE8B3

accent

#D90C33

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD56E9

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

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