#CD8AEB#CD8AEB

#CD8AEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.152 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AEB
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 42.17, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 57.46, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.1071 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.152 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2584, 37.1554, 83.1580)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AEB #A8EB8A

analogous

#9C8AEB #CD8AEB #EB8AD9

triadic

#CD8AEB #EBCD8A #8AEBCD

tetradic

#CD8AEB #EB9C8A #A8EB8A #8AD9EB

square

#CD8AEB #EB9C8A #A8EB8A #8AD9EB

split-complementary

#CD8AEB #D9EB8A #8AEB9C

monochromatic

#9F25D6 #B756E2 #CD8AEB #E3BEF4 #F4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AEB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AEB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB97AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.152 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf2',
    500: '#cd8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8aeb;
$custom-light: #deadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.443,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AEB

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D3134E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AEB

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

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