#CD8BE5#CD8BE5

#CD8BE5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.144 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE5
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 40.40, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 53.97, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.1045 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.144 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5502, 37.1028, 78.7176)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE5 #A3E58B

analogous

#A08BE5 #CD8BE5 #E58BD0

triadic

#CD8BE5 #E5CD8B #8BE5CD

tetradic

#CD8BE5 #E5A08B #A3E58B #8BD0E5

square

#CD8BE5 #E5A08B #A3E58B #8BD0E5

split-complementary

#CD8BE5 #D0E58B #8BE5A0

monochromatic

#9F2DC9 #B759DA #CD8BE5 #E3BDF0 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE5

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE5	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC97AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.144 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeed',
    500: '#cd8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be5;
$custom-light: #ddaeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE5

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CB1A49

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE5

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

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