#CD85E5#CD85E5

#CD85E5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.154 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD85E5
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 41.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 43.61, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 57.71, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.1131 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.154 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7052, 35.4127, 78.4359)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD85E5 #9DE585

analogous

#9D85E5 #CD85E5 #E585CD

triadic

#CD85E5 #E5CD85 #85E5CD

tetradic

#CD85E5 #E59D85 #9DE585 #85CDE5

square

#CD85E5 #E59D85 #9DE585 #85CDE5

split-complementary

#CD85E5 #CDE585 #85E59D

monochromatic

#9F2AC6 #B853DA #CD85E5 #E2B7F0 #F5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD85E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CD85E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD85E5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD85E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD85E5	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD92AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd85e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.154 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaaed',
    500: '#cd85e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd85e5;
$custom-light: #deaaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd85e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD85E5

secondary

#DDF0D6

accent

#CD1946

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD85E5

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

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