#CD8CE5#CD8CE5

#CD8CE5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CE5
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 39.87, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 53.35, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.1031 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.142 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6957, 37.3937, 78.7661)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CE5 #A4E58C

analogous

#A08CE5 #CD8CE5 #E58CD1

triadic

#CD8CE5 #E5CD8C #8CE5CD

tetradic

#CD8CE5 #E5A08C #A4E58C #8CD1E5

square

#CD8CE5 #E5A08C #A4E58C #8CD1E5

split-complementary

#CD8CE5 #D1E58C #8CE5A0

monochromatic

#9F2DC9 #B75ADA #CD8CE5 #E3BEF0 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD8CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD8CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CE5

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CE5	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC98AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafed',
    500: '#cd8ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ce5;
$custom-light: #ddafed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.82,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CE5

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CB1B4A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CE5

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

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