#CD85C2#CD85C2

#CD85C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD85C2
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 194)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(309, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 36.95, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 42.21, 331.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.105 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.118 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3015, 33.6512, 55.2429)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD85C2 #85CD90

analogous

#B485CD #CD85C2 #CD859E

triadic

#CD85C2 #C2CD85 #85C2CD

tetradic

#CD85C2 #CDB485 #85CD90 #859ECD

square

#CD85C2 #CDB485 #85CD90 #859ECD

split-complementary

#CD85C2 #9ECD85 #85CDB4

monochromatic

#993F8B #BB5AAC #CD85C2 #DFB0D8 #F1DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CD85C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#CD85C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD85C2

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD85C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD85C2	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8497C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd85c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda9d4',
    500: '#cd85c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd85c2;
$custom-light: #dda9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd85c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71026,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD85C2

secondary

#CBE3CF

accent

#B54531

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD85C2

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

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