#CD8AE6#CD8AE6

#CD8AE6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.146 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE6
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 41.14, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 55.07, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.1061 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.146 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5461, 36.8705, 79.4070)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE6 #A3E68A

analogous

#9F8AE6 #CD8AE6 #E68AD1

triadic

#CD8AE6 #E6CD8A #8AE6CD

tetradic

#CD8AE6 #E69F8A #A3E68A #8AD1E6

square

#CD8AE6 #E69F8A #A3E68A #8AD1E6

split-complementary

#CD8AE6 #D1E68A #8AE69F

monochromatic

#9F2BCA #B758DB #CD8AE6 #E3BCF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD8AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CD8AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE6

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC96AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.146 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadee',
    500: '#cd8ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae6;
$custom-light: #ddadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.696,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73372,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE6

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CD194A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE6

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

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