#CD8AED#CD8AED

#CD8AED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.154 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AED
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 42.58, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 58.42, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.1075 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.154 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5489, 37.2716, 84.6883)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AED #AAED8A

analogous

#9B8AED #CD8AED #ED8ADB

triadic

#CD8AED #EDCD8A #8AEDCD

tetradic

#CD8AED #ED9B8A #AAED8A #8ADBED

square

#CD8AED #ED9B8A #AAED8A #8ADBED

split-complementary

#CD8AED #DBED8A #8AED9B

monochromatic

#9F22DB #B655E5 #CD8AED #E4BFF5 #F4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AED

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AED	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB98B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.154 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf3',
    500: '#cd8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8aed;
$custom-light: #deadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.606,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AED

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D51050

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AED

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

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