#CD8AE0#CD8AE0

#CD8AE0 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE0
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 39.93, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 52.24, 319.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.1049 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.14 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7180, 36.5393, 75.0457)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE0 #9DE08A

analogous

#A28AE0 #CD8AE0 #E08AC8

triadic

#CD8AE0 #E0CD8A #8AE0CD

tetradic

#CD8AE0 #E0A28A #9DE08A #8AC8E0

square

#CD8AE0 #E0A28A #9DE08A #8AC8E0

split-complementary

#CD8AE0 #C8E08A #8AE0A2

monochromatic

#9F32BD #B85AD3 #CD8AE0 #E2BAED #F5E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD8AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CD8AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE0

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE0	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD95AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadea',
    500: '#cd8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae0;
$custom-light: #ddadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73102,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE0

secondary

#DDEED7

accent

#C62044

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE0

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

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