#CD8AE5#CD8AE5

#CD8AE5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.145 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE5
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 40.94, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 54.60, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.1059 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.145 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4061, 36.8145, 78.6695)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE5 #A2E58A

analogous

#A08AE5 #CD8AE5 #E58ACF

triadic

#CD8AE5 #E5CD8A #8AE5CD

tetradic

#CD8AE5 #E5A08A #A2E58A #8ACFE5

square

#CD8AE5 #E5A08A #A2E58A #8ACFE5

split-complementary

#CD8AE5 #CFE58A #8AE5A0

monochromatic

#9F2CC8 #B858DA #CD8AE5 #E2BCF0 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD8AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CD8AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE5

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE5	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC96AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.145 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaded',
    500: '#cd8ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae5;
$custom-light: #ddaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.176,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73326,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE5

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CB1A49

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE5

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

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