#CD85EE#CD85EE

#CD85EE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.164 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD85EE
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 45.45, -42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 61.98, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.1147 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.164 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9945, 35.9284, 85.2263)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD85EE #A6EE85

analogous

#9885EE #CD85EE #EE85DA

triadic

#CD85EE #EECD85 #85EECD

tetradic

#CD85EE #EE9885 #A6EE85 #85DAEE

square

#CD85EE #EE9885 #A6EE85 #85DAEE

split-complementary

#CD85EE #DAEE85 #85EE98

monochromatic

#9F1EDA #B74FE7 #CD85EE #E3BBF5 #F4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CD85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD85EE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD85EE	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB94AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.164 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaaf4',
    500: '#cd85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd85ee;
$custom-light: #deaaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD85EE

secondary

#E0F3D8

accent

#D80E4D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD85EE

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

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