#CD74E6#CD74E6

#CD74E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.183 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD74E6
RGB	rgb(205, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(287, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 52.65, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 68.41, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.1369 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.183 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7032, 31.1847, 78.4594)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD74E6 #8DE674

analogous

#9474E6 #CD74E6 #E674C6

triadic

#CD74E6 #E6CD74 #74E6CD

tetradic

#CD74E6 #E69474 #8DE674 #74C6E6

square

#CD74E6 #E69474 #8DE674 #74C6E6

split-complementary

#CD74E6 #C6E674 #74E694

monochromatic

#9B22BE #BA40DD #CD74E6 #E0A8EF #F2DCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD74E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#CD74E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD74E6

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD74E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD74E6	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD84A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd74e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.183 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9fee',
    500: '#cd74e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd74e6;
$custom-light: #de9fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd74e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.842,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.1828,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD74E6

secondary

#D1ECC9

accent

#D1143E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF3FD

border

#D4CDD5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD74E6

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

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