#CD8BE0#CD8BE0

#CD8BE0 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.138 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE0
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 39.40, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 51.61, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.1035 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.138 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8622, 36.8275, 75.0937)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE0 #9EE08B

analogous

#A28BE0 #CD8BE0 #E08BC8

triadic

#CD8BE0 #E0CD8B #8BE0CD

tetradic

#CD8BE0 #E0A28B #9EE08B #8BC8E0

square

#CD8BE0 #E0A28B #9EE08B #8BC8E0

split-complementary

#CD8BE0 #C8E08B #8BE0A2

monochromatic

#9F33BE #B85BD3 #CD8BE0 #E2BBED #F5E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CD8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE0

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE0	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD95AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.138 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeea',
    500: '#cd8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be0;
$custom-light: #ddaeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.588,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE0

secondary

#DDEFD8

accent

#C52045

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE0

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

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