#CD8AEC#CD8AEC

#CD8AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.153 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AEC
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 42.37, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 57.94, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.1073 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.153 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4032, 37.2134, 83.9210)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AEC #A9EC8A

analogous

#9C8AEC #CD8AEC #EC8ADA

triadic

#CD8AEC #ECCD8A #8AECCD

tetradic

#CD8AEC #EC9C8A #A9EC8A #8ADAEC

square

#CD8AEC #EC9C8A #A9EC8A #8ADAEC

split-complementary

#CD8AEC #DAEC8A #8AEC9C

monochromatic

#9F23D8 #B655E3 #CD8AEC #E3BFF5 #F4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CD8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AEC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AEC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB98B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.153 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf2',
    500: '#cd8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8aec;
$custom-light: #deadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.02,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73649,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AEC

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D4114F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AEC

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

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