#CD8BD9#CD8BD9

#CD8BD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BD9
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 38.01, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 48.37, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.1019 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.131 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9323, 36.4556, 70.1966)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BD9 #97D98B

analogous

#A68BD9 #CD8BD9 #D98BBE

triadic

#CD8BD9 #D9CD8B #8BD9CD

tetradic

#CD8BD9 #D9A68B #97D98B #8BBED9

square

#CD8BD9 #D9A68B #97D98B #8BBED9

split-complementary

#CD8BD9 #BED98B #8BD9A6

monochromatic

#9E3AB0 #B95DCA #CD8BD9 #E1B9E8 #F5E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD8BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD8BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BD9

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BD9	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF94A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaee5',
    500: '#cd8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8bd9;
$custom-light: #ddaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72961,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BD9

secondary

#D8EBD5

accent

#BE273F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BD9

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

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