#CD5AE5#CD5AE5

#CD5AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.221 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5AE5
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 64.84, -50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 82.19, 322.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.17 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.221 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9742, 25.9506, 76.8589)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5AE5 #72E55A

analogous

#875AE5 #CD5AE5 #E55AB8

triadic

#CD5AE5 #E5CD5A #5AE5CD

tetradic

#CD5AE5 #E5875A #72E55A #5AB8E5

square

#CD5AE5 #E5875A #72E55A #5AB8E5

split-complementary

#CD5AE5 #B8E55A #5AE587

monochromatic

#911BAA #BD25DD #CD5AE5 #DD8FED #EDC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#CD5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#CD5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5AE5

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5AE5	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3883E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6690E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.221 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8fee',
    500: '#cd5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5ae5;
$custom-light: #df8fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.64,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66558,
    "c": 0.22072,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5AE5

secondary

#BDE7B4

accent

#D51133

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5AE5

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

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