#CD8BE4#CD8BE4

#CD8BE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.143 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE4
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 40.20, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 53.50, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.1043 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.143 317)
XYZ	xyz(48.4110, 37.0471, 77.9844)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE4 #A2E48B

analogous

#A18BE4 #CD8BE4 #E48BCF

triadic

#CD8BE4 #E4CD8B #8BE4CD

tetradic

#CD8BE4 #E4A18B #A2E48B #8BCFE4

square

#CD8BE4 #E4A18B #A2E48B #8BCFE4

split-complementary

#CD8BE4 #CFE48B #8BE4A1

monochromatic

#9F2EC6 #B859D8 #CD8BE4 #E2BDF0 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CD8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE4

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE4	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD96AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.143 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeed',
    500: '#cd8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be4;
$custom-light: #ddaeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.494,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73444,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.37046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE4

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CA1C49

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE4

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

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