#CD85E4#CD85E4

#CD85E4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.153 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD85E4
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 43.41, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 57.24, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.1129 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.153 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5660, 35.3570, 77.7027)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD85E4 #9CE485

analogous

#9D85E4 #CD85E4 #E485CB

triadic

#CD85E4 #E4CD85 #85E4CD

tetradic

#CD85E4 #E49D85 #9CE485 #85CBE4

square

#CD85E4 #E49D85 #9CE485 #85CBE4

split-complementary

#CD85E4 #CBE485 #85E49D

monochromatic

#9F2BC3 #B853D9 #CD85E4 #E2B7EF #F5E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD85E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#CD85E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD85E4

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD85E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD85E4	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD91AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd85e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.153 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaaed',
    500: '#cd85e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd85e4;
$custom-light: #deaaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd85e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.474,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD85E4

secondary

#DCEFD6

accent

#CC1A45

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD85E4

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

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