#CD8AEF#CD8AEF

#CD8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.156 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8AEF
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 43.00, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 59.38, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.1078 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.156 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8427, 37.3892, 86.2358)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8AEF #ACEF8A

analogous

#9B8AEF #CD8AEF #EF8ADF

triadic

#CD8AEF #EFCD8A #8AEFCD

tetradic

#CD8AEF #EF9B8A #ACEF8A #8ADFEF

square

#CD8AEF #EF9B8A #ACEF8A #8ADFEF

split-complementary

#CD8AEF #DFEF8A #8AEF9B

monochromatic

#9F1FE0 #B654E8 #CD8AEF #E4C0F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8AEF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8AEF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A1F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA98B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.156 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf4',
    500: '#cd8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8aef;
$custom-light: #deadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.802,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73791,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8AEF

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D80D52

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8AEF

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

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