#CD8AE2#CD8AE2

#CD8AE2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.142 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE2
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 40.34, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 53.18, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.1053 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.142 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9909, 36.6484, 76.4826)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE2 #9FE28A

analogous

#A18AE2 #CD8AE2 #E28ACB

triadic

#CD8AE2 #E2CD8A #8AE2CD

tetradic

#CD8AE2 #E2A18A #9FE28A #8ACBE2

square

#CD8AE2 #E2A18A #9FE28A #8ACBE2

split-complementary

#CD8AE2 #CBE28A #8AE2A1

monochromatic

#9F30C2 #B859D6 #CD8AE2 #E2BBEE #F5E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CD8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE2

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE2	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD95AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.142 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadeb',
    500: '#cd8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae2;
$custom-light: #ddadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.682,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE2

secondary

#DEEFD8

accent

#C81E46

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE2

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

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