#CD8BDD#CD8BDD

#CD8BDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.135 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BDD
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(288, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 38.80, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 50.21, 320.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.1028 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.135 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4589, 36.6662, 72.9699)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BDD #9BDD8B

analogous

#A48BDD #CD8BDD #DD8BC4

triadic

#CD8BDD #DDCD8B #8BDDCD

tetradic

#CD8BDD #DDA48B #9BDD8B #8BC4DD

square

#CD8BDD #DDA48B #9BDD8B #8BC4DD

split-complementary

#CD8BDD #C4DD8B #8BDDA4

monochromatic

#9E36B8 #B95CCF #CD8BDD #E1BAEB #F5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CD8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BDD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BDD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE95AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.135 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaee8',
    500: '#cd8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8bdd;
$custom-light: #ddaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.293,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BDD

secondary

#DBEDD7

accent

#C22342

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BDD

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

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