#CD8BE8#CD8BE8

#CD8BE8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.147 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE8
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 41.01, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 55.40, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.1051 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.147 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9727, 37.2718, 80.9427)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE8 #A6E88B

analogous

#9F8BE8 #CD8BE8 #E88BD4

triadic

#CD8BE8 #E8CD8B #8BE8CD

tetradic

#CD8BE8 #E89F8B #A6E88B #8BD4E8

square

#CD8BE8 #E89F8B #A6E88B #8BD4E8

split-complementary

#CD8BE8 #D4E88B #8BE89F

monochromatic

#9F29CF #B758DE #CD8BE8 #E3BEF2 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE8	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC97AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.147 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeef',
    500: '#cd8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be8;
$custom-light: #ddaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.581,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73626,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE8

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CF174C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE8

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

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