#CD8CE7#CD8CE7

#CD8CE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.144 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CE7
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 231)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 39.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 40.27, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 54.30, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.1035 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.144 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9765, 37.5060, 80.2452)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CE7 #A6E78C

analogous

#9F8CE7 #CD8CE7 #E78CD4

triadic

#CD8CE7 #E7CD8C #8CE7CD

tetradic

#CD8CE7 #E79F8C #A6E78C #8CD4E7

square

#CD8CE7 #E79F8C #A6E78C #8CD4E7

split-complementary

#CD8CE7 #D4E78C #8CE79F

monochromatic

#9F2BCE #B759DC #CD8CE7 #E3BFF2 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD8CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD8CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CE7

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CE7	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC98AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.144 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafef',
    500: '#cd8ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ce7;
$custom-light: #ddafef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CE7

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CD184C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CE7

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

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