#CD85E6#CD85E6

#CD85E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.155 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD85E6
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 43.81, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 58.18, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.1133 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.155 317)
XYZ	xyz(47.8452, 35.4687, 79.1733)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD85E6 #9EE685

analogous

#9C85E6 #CD85E6 #E685CE

triadic

#CD85E6 #E6CD85 #85E6CD

tetradic

#CD85E6 #E69C85 #9EE685 #85CEE6

square

#CD85E6 #E69C85 #9EE685 #85CEE6

split-complementary

#CD85E6 #CEE685 #85E69C

monochromatic

#9F29C8 #B852DC #CD85E6 #E2B8F0 #F5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CD85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CD85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD85E6

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD85E6	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC92AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.155 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaaee',
    500: '#cd85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd85e6;
$custom-light: #deaaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.536,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.35467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD85E6

secondary

#DDF0D7

accent

#CE1847

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD85E6

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

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