#CD8BE7#CD8BE7

#CD8BE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.146 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE7
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 40.81, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 54.92, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.1049 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.146 316)
XYZ	xyz(48.8311, 37.2151, 80.1967)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE7 #A5E78B

analogous

#9F8BE7 #CD8BE7 #E78BD3

triadic

#CD8BE7 #E7CD8B #8BE7CD

tetradic

#CD8BE7 #E79F8B #A5E78B #8BD3E7

square

#CD8BE7 #E79F8B #A5E78B #8BD3E7

split-complementary

#CD8BE7 #D3E78B #8BE79F

monochromatic

#9F2ACD #B758DD #CD8BE7 #E3BEF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CD8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE7

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE7	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC97AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.146 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeef',
    500: '#cd8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be7;
$custom-light: #ddaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7358,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.37214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE7

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CE184B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE7

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

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