#CD8CD9#CD8CD9

#CD8CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CD9
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(291, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 37.47, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 47.73, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.1004 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.129 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0778, 36.7465, 70.2451)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CD9 #98D98C

analogous

#A68CD9 #CD8CD9 #D98CBF

triadic

#CD8CD9 #D9CD8C #8CD9CD

tetradic

#CD8CD9 #D9A68C #98D98C #8CBFD9

square

#CD8CD9 #D9A68C #98D98C #8CBFD9

split-complementary

#CD8CD9 #BFD98C #8CD9A6

monochromatic

#9E3AB0 #B95ECA #CD8CD9 #E1BAE8 #F5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CD8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CD9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CD9	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF95A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaee5',
    500: '#cd8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8cd9;
$custom-light: #ddaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.649,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CD9

secondary

#D9EBD6

accent

#BE283F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CD9

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

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