#CD8AE1#CD8AE1

#CD8AE1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE1
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 38.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 40.13, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 52.71, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.1051 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.141 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8541, 36.5937, 75.7620)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE1 #9EE18A

analogous

#A18AE1 #CD8AE1 #E18AC9

triadic

#CD8AE1 #E1CD8A #8AE1CD

tetradic

#CD8AE1 #E1A18A #9EE18A #8AC9E1

square

#CD8AE1 #E1A18A #9EE18A #8AC9E1

split-complementary

#CD8AE1 #C9E18A #8AE1A1

monochromatic

#9F31BF #B859D5 #CD8AE1 #E2BBED #F5E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD8AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CD8AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE1

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE1	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD95AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadea',
    500: '#cd8ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae1;
$custom-light: #ddadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE1

secondary

#DDEFD8

accent

#C71F45

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE1

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

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