#CD8CDC#CD8CDC

#CD8CDC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CDC
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(289, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 38.06, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 49.12, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.1011 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.132 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4715, 36.9040, 72.3188)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CDC #9BDC8C

analogous

#A58CDC #CD8CDC #DC8CC3

triadic

#CD8CDC #DCCD8C #8CDCCD

tetradic

#CD8CDC #DCA58C #9BDC8C #8CC3DC

square

#CD8CDC #DCA58C #9BDC8C #8CC3DC

split-complementary

#CD8CDC #C3DC8C #8CDCA5

monochromatic

#9E37B6 #B95DCE #CD8CDC #E1BBEA #F5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CDC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CDC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE95AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaee7',
    500: '#cd8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8cdc;
$custom-light: #ddaee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CDC

secondary

#DBEDD7

accent

#C12542

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CDC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →