#CD8AE7#CD8AE7

#CD8AE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.148 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE7
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 231)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 41.35, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 55.55, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.1063 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.148 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6870, 36.9269, 80.1487)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE7 #A4E78A

analogous

#9F8AE7 #CD8AE7 #E78AD2

triadic

#CD8AE7 #E7CD8A #8AE7CD

tetradic

#CD8AE7 #E79F8A #A4E78A #8AD2E7

square

#CD8AE7 #E79F8A #A4E78A #8AD2E7

split-complementary

#CD8AE7 #D2E78A #8AE79F

monochromatic

#9F2ACD #B757DD #CD8AE7 #E3BDF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD8AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CD8AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE7

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE7	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC96AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.148 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadef',
    500: '#cd8ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae7;
$custom-light: #ddadef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.226,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE7

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CE184B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE7

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

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