#CD72E6#CD72E6

#CD72E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.186 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD72E6
RGB	rgb(205, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 53.66, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 69.57, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.1396 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.186 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4752, 30.7286, 78.3833)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD72E6 #8BE672

analogous

#9372E6 #CD72E6 #E672C5

triadic

#CD72E6 #E6CD72 #72E6CD

tetradic

#CD72E6 #E69372 #8BE672 #72C5E6

square

#CD72E6 #E69372 #8BE672 #72C5E6

split-complementary

#CD72E6 #C5E672 #72E693

monochromatic

#9B21BC #BB3EDD #CD72E6 #DFA6EF #F2DAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CD72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#CD72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD72E6

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD72E6	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C90EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD83A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.186 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9eee',
    500: '#cd72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd72e6;
$custom-light: #de9eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.069,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.18598,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD72E6

secondary

#D0ECC8

accent

#D2143D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150F16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD72E6

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

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