#CD5CD5#CD5CD5

#CD5CD5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.204 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5CD5
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 61.02, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 74.23, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.1666 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.204 325)
XYZ	xyz(41.0133, 25.4398, 65.6880)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5CD5 #64D55C

analogous

#915CD5 #CD5CD5 #D55CA1

triadic

#CD5CD5 #D5CD5C #5CD5CD

tetradic

#CD5CD5 #D5915C #64D55C #5CA1D5

square

#CD5CD5 #D5915C #64D55C #5CA1D5

split-complementary

#CD5CD5 #A1D55C #5CD591

monochromatic

#8A2591 #B832C2 #CD5CD5 #DC8DE2 #EBBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#CD5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#CD5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5CD5

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5CD5	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A81D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D16C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.204 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df90e2',
    500: '#cd5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5cd5;
$custom-light: #df90e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.033,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65938,
    "c": 0.20353,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.25438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5CD5

secondary

#B2DEAF

accent

#E24650

background

#FEF9FD

surface

#FCF1FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160D15

muted

#847E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5CD5

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

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