#CD87E5#CD87E5

#CD87E5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.150 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD87E5
RGB	rgb(205, 135, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 41%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 42.55, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 56.47, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.1102 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.15 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9816, 35.9656, 78.5280)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD87E5 #9FE587

analogous

#9E87E5 #CD87E5 #E587CE

triadic

#CD87E5 #E5CD87 #87E5CD

tetradic

#CD87E5 #E59E87 #9FE587 #87CEE5

square

#CD87E5 #E59E87 #9FE587 #87CEE5

split-complementary

#CD87E5 #CEE587 #87E59E

monochromatic

#9F2BC7 #B855DA #CD87E5 #E2B9F0 #F5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD87E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CD87E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD87E5

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD87E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD87E5	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#789DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD93AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd87e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 135, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.150 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deabed',
    500: '#cd87e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd87e5;
$custom-light: #deabed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd87e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.681,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD87E5

secondary

#DEF0D8

accent

#CC1947

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD87E5

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

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