#CD8AE8#CD8AE8

#CD8AE8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.149 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AE8
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 41.55, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 56.03, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.1065 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.149 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8286, 36.9835, 80.8946)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AE8 #A5E88A

analogous

#9E8AE8 #CD8AE8 #E88AD4

triadic

#CD8AE8 #E8CD8A #8AE8CD

tetradic

#CD8AE8 #E89E8A #A5E88A #8AD4E8

square

#CD8AE8 #E89E8A #A5E88A #8AD4E8

split-complementary

#CD8AE8 #D4E88A #8AE89E

monochromatic

#9F29CF #B757DE #CD8AE8 #E3BDF2 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD8AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD8AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AE8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AE8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC97AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.149 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadef',
    500: '#cd8ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ae8;
$custom-light: #deadef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.766,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AE8

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CF164B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AE8

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

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