#CD8AE4#CD8AE4

#CD8AE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE4
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 40.74, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 54.13, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.1057 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.144 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2669, 36.7588, 77.9363)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE4 #A1E48A

analogous

#A08AE4 #CD8AE4 #E48ACE

triadic

#CD8AE4 #E4CD8A #8AE4CD

tetradic

#CD8AE4 #E4A08A #A1E48A #8ACEE4

square

#CD8AE4 #E4A08A #A1E48A #8ACEE4

split-complementary

#CD8AE4 #CEE48A #8AE4A0

monochromatic

#9F2EC6 #B858D9 #CD8AE4 #E2BCEF #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CD8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE4

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE4	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD96AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaded',
    500: '#cd8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae4;
$custom-light: #ddaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE4

secondary

#DFF0D9

accent

#CA1B48

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE4

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

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