#CD8BE2#CD8BE2

#CD8BE2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.140 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE2
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 39.80, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 52.55, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.1039 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.14 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1350, 36.9367, 76.5306)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE2 #A0E28B

analogous

#A28BE2 #CD8BE2 #E28BCC

triadic

#CD8BE2 #E2CD8B #8BE2CD

tetradic

#CD8BE2 #E2A28B #A0E28B #8BCCE2

square

#CD8BE2 #E2A28B #A0E28B #8BCCE2

split-complementary

#CD8BE2 #CCE28B #8BE2A2

monochromatic

#9F31C2 #B85AD6 #CD8BE2 #E2BCEE #F4E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CD8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD96AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.140 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeeb',
    500: '#cd8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be2;
$custom-light: #ddaeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE2

secondary

#DFF0D9

accent

#C81E47

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE2

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

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