#CD8BE6#CD8BE6

#CD8BE6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.145 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE6
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 40.61, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 54.45, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.1047 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.145 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6903, 37.1588, 79.4550)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE6 #A4E68B

analogous

#9F8BE6 #CD8BE6 #E68BD2

triadic

#CD8BE6 #E6CD8B #8BE6CD

tetradic

#CD8BE6 #E69F8B #A4E68B #8BD2E6

square

#CD8BE6 #E69F8B #A4E68B #8BD2E6

split-complementary

#CD8BE6 #D2E68B #8BE69F

monochromatic

#9F2CCB #B759DB #CD8BE6 #E3BDF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE6

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE6	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC97AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeee',
    500: '#cd8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be6;
$custom-light: #ddaeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.516,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE6

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CC194A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE6

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

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