#CD8CE3#CD8CE3

#CD8CE3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.140 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CE3
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 39.46, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 52.40, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.1026 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.14 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4181, 37.2826, 77.3039)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CE3 #A2E38C

analogous

#A28CE3 #CD8CE3 #E38CCD

triadic

#CD8CE3 #E3CD8C #8CE3CD

tetradic

#CD8CE3 #E3A28C #A2E38C #8CCDE3

square

#CD8CE3 #E3A28C #A2E38C #8CCDE3

split-complementary

#CD8CE3 #CDE38C #8CE3A2

monochromatic

#9F30C5 #B85BD7 #CD8CE3 #E2BDEF #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CE3

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CE3	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD97AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.140 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafec',
    500: '#cd8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ce3;
$custom-light: #ddafec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.828,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CE3

secondary

#E0F0DA

accent

#C91D48

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CE3

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

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