#CD8BE1#CD8BE1

#CD8BE1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE1
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 39.60, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 52.08, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.1037 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.139 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9982, 36.8820, 75.8101)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE1 #9FE18B

analogous

#A28BE1 #CD8BE1 #E18BCA

triadic

#CD8BE1 #E1CD8B #8BE1CD

tetradic

#CD8BE1 #E1A28B #9FE18B #8BCAE1

square

#CD8BE1 #E1A28B #9FE18B #8BCAE1

split-complementary

#CD8BE1 #CAE18B #8BE1A2

monochromatic

#9F32C0 #B85AD4 #CD8BE1 #E2BCEE #F5E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD8BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD8BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE1

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE1	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD96AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeea',
    500: '#cd8be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be1;
$custom-light: #ddaeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.047,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7331,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE1

secondary

#DEEFD9

accent

#C71F46

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE1

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

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