#CD8BC5#CD8BC5

#CD8BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BC5
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(307, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(307, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 34.25, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 39.61, 329.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0966 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.111 331)
XYZ	xyz(44.4868, 35.4774, 57.3170)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BC5 #8BCD93

analogous

#B48BCD #CD8BC5 #CD8BA4

triadic

#CD8BC5 #C5CD8B #8BC5CD

tetradic

#CD8BC5 #CDB48B #8BCD93 #8BA4CD

square

#CD8BC5 #CDB48B #8BCD93 #8BA4CD

split-complementary

#CD8BC5 #A4CD8B #8BCDB4

monochromatic

#9B4390 #BB60B0 #CD8BC5 #DFB6DA #F2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CD8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CD8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BC5

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BC5	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D28FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaed6',
    500: '#cd8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8bc5;
$custom-light: #ddaed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.273,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.35476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BC5

secondary

#D0E4D2

accent

#B34233

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BC5

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

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