#CD8BEF#CD8BEF

#CD8BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.155 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8BEF
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 239)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 41.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 42.46, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 58.77, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.1064 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.155 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9869, 37.6774, 86.2838)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8BEF #ADEF8B

analogous

#9B8BEF #CD8BEF #EF8BDF

triadic

#CD8BEF #EFCD8B #8BEFCD

tetradic

#CD8BEF #EF9B8B #ADEF8B #8BDFEF

square

#CD8BEF #EF9B8B #ADEF8B #8BDFEF

split-complementary

#CD8BEF #DFEF8B #8BEF9B

monochromatic

#9F1FE0 #B655E8 #CD8BEF #E4C1F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD8BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD8BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8BEF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8BEF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA99B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.155 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaef4',
    500: '#cd8bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8bef;
$custom-light: #deaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73951,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8BEF

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D80E52

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8BEF

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

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