#CD8BEB#CD8BEB

#CD8BEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.150 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BEB
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 41.63, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 56.84, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.1057 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.15 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4025, 37.4437, 83.2061)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BEB #A9EB8B

analogous

#9D8BEB #CD8BEB #EB8BD9

triadic

#CD8BEB #EBCD8B #8BEBCD

tetradic

#CD8BEB #EB9D8B #A9EB8B #8BD9EB

square

#CD8BEB #EB9D8B #A9EB8B #8BD9EB

split-complementary

#CD8BEB #D9EB8B #8BEB9D

monochromatic

#9F25D7 #B657E2 #CD8BEB #E3BFF4 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CD8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BEB

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BEB	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB98B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.150 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaef1',
    500: '#cd8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8beb;
$custom-light: #deaef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.15033,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BEB

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D3134F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BEB

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

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