#CD85EF#CD85EF

#CD85EF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.165 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD85EF
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 239)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 45.66, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 62.46, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.1148 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.165 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1418, 35.9874, 86.0022)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD85EF #A7EF85

analogous

#9885EF #CD85EF #EF85DC

triadic

#CD85EF #EFCD85 #85EFCD

tetradic

#CD85EF #EF9885 #A7EF85 #85DCEF

square

#CD85EF #EF9885 #A7EF85 #85DCEF

split-complementary

#CD85EF #DCEF85 #85EF98

monochromatic

#9F1DDD #B74FE8 #CD85EF #E3BBF6 #F4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD85EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CD85EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD85EF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD85EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD85EF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB94AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd85ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.165 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaaf4',
    500: '#cd85ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd85ef;
$custom-light: #deaaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd85ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.16476,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD85EF

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D90C4E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD85EF

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

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