#CD8CE2#CD8CE2

#CD8CE2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CE2
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 39.26, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 51.93, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.1024 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.139 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2805, 37.2276, 76.5791)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CE2 #A1E28C

analogous

#A28CE2 #CD8CE2 #E28CCC

triadic

#CD8CE2 #E2CD8C #8CE2CD

tetradic

#CD8CE2 #E2A28C #A1E28C #8CCCE2

square

#CD8CE2 #E2A28C #A1E28C #8CCCE2

split-complementary

#CD8CE2 #CCE28C #8CE2A2

monochromatic

#9F31C3 #B85BD6 #CD8CE2 #E2BDEE #F4E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CE2

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CE2	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD97AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeeb',
    500: '#cd8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ce2;
$custom-light: #ddaeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.349,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CE2

secondary

#DFF0DA

accent

#C71E47

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CE2

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

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