#CD8BC4#CD8BC4

#CD8BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BC4
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(308, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(308, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 34.07, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 39.21, 330.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0963 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.11 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3726, 35.4317, 56.7155)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BC4 #8BCD94

analogous

#B58BCD #CD8BC4 #CD8BA3

triadic

#CD8BC4 #C4CD8B #8BC4CD

tetradic

#CD8BC4 #CDB58B #8BCD94 #8BA3CD

square

#CD8BC4 #CDB58B #8BCD94 #8BA3CD

split-complementary

#CD8BC4 #A3CD8B #8BCDB5

monochromatic

#9B438F #BB60AE #CD8BC4 #DFB6DA #F2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CD8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BC4

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BC4	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaed6',
    500: '#cd8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8bc4;
$custom-light: #ddaed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BC4

secondary

#D0E4D2

accent

#B34433

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BC4

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

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