#CD8BC9#CD8BC9

#CD8BC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BC9
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(304, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(304, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 34.98, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 41.28, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0978 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.114 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9512, 35.6632, 59.7629)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BC9 #8BCD8F

analogous

#B08BCD #CD8BC9 #CD8BA8

triadic

#CD8BC9 #C9CD8B #8BC9CD

tetradic

#CD8BC9 #CDB08B #8BCD8F #8BA8CD

square

#CD8BC9 #CDB08B #8BCD8F #8BA8CD

split-complementary

#CD8BC9 #A8CD8B #8BCDB0

monochromatic

#9B4396 #BB60B5 #CD8BC9 #DFB6DD #F2E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#CD8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BC9

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BC9	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D290A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaed9',
    500: '#cd8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8bc9;
$custom-light: #ddaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BC9

secondary

#D0E4D1

accent

#B33A33

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BC9

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

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