#CD8AEE#CD8AEE

#CD8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.155 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AEE
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 42.79, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 58.90, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.1077 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.155 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6954, 37.3302, 85.4599)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AEE #ABEE8A

analogous

#9B8AEE #CD8AEE #EE8ADD

triadic

#CD8AEE #EECD8A #8AEECD

tetradic

#CD8AEE #EE9B8A #ABEE8A #8ADDEE

square

#CD8AEE #EE9B8A #ABEE8A #8ADDEE

split-complementary

#CD8AEE #DDEE8A #8AEE9B

monochromatic

#9F20DD #B655E6 #CD8AEE #E4BFF6 #F4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CD8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AEE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AEE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB98B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.155 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf4',
    500: '#cd8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8aee;
$custom-light: #deadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AEE

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D70F51

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AEE

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

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