#CD8BE3#CD8BE3

#CD8BE3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.141 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE3
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 40.00, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 53.03, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.1041 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.141 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2726, 36.9917, 77.2554)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE3 #A1E38B

analogous

#A18BE3 #CD8BE3 #E38BCD

triadic

#CD8BE3 #E3CD8B #8BE3CD

tetradic

#CD8BE3 #E3A18B #A1E38B #8BCDE3

square

#CD8BE3 #E3A18B #A1E38B #8BCDE3

split-complementary

#CD8BE3 #CDE38B #8BE3A1

monochromatic

#9F2FC4 #B85AD7 #CD8BE3 #E2BCEF #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE3

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE3	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD96AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.141 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeec',
    500: '#cd8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be3;
$custom-light: #ddaeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73399,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE3

secondary

#DFF0DA

accent

#C91D48

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE3

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

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