#CD8AEA#CD8AEA

#CD8AEA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.151 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AEA
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 234)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 41.96, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 56.98, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.1069 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.151 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1143, 37.0978, 82.3993)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AEA #A7EA8A

analogous

#9D8AEA #CD8AEA #EA8AD7

triadic

#CD8AEA #EACD8A #8AEACD

tetradic

#CD8AEA #EA9D8A #A7EA8A #8AD7EA

square

#CD8AEA #EA9D8A #A7EA8A #8AD7EA

split-complementary

#CD8AEA #D7EA8A #8AEA9D

monochromatic

#9F26D4 #B756E1 #CD8AEA #E3BEF3 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD8AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AEA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AEA	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB97AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.151 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf1',
    500: '#cd8aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8aea;
$custom-light: #deadf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.875,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AEA

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D2144D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AEA

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

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