#CD8BE9#CD8BE9

#CD8BE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BE9
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 41.22, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 55.88, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.1053 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.148 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1152, 37.3287, 81.6929)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BE9 #A7E98B

analogous

#9E8BE9 #CD8BE9 #E98BD6

triadic

#CD8BE9 #E9CD8B #8BE9CD

tetradic

#CD8BE9 #E99E8B #A7E98B #8BD6E9

square

#CD8BE9 #E99E8B #A7E98B #8BD6E9

split-complementary

#CD8BE9 #D6E98B #8BE99E

monochromatic

#9F28D2 #B758DF #CD8BE9 #E3BEF3 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CD8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BE9

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BE9	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC98AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaef0',
    500: '#cd8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8be9;
$custom-light: #ddaef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.128,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BE9

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D0154D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BE9

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

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