#CD8CE9#CD8CE9

#CD8CE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.146 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CE9
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 40.68, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 55.26, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.1039 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.146 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2606, 37.6197, 81.7413)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CE9 #A8E98C

analogous

#9E8CE9 #CD8CE9 #E98CD7

triadic

#CD8CE9 #E9CD8C #8CE9CD

tetradic

#CD8CE9 #E99E8C #A8E98C #8CD7E9

square

#CD8CE9 #E99E8C #A8E98C #8CD7E9

split-complementary

#CD8CE9 #D7E98C #8CE99E

monochromatic

#9F28D2 #B759DF #CD8CE9 #E3BFF3 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD8CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CD8CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CE9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CE9	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC99B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.146 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaff0',
    500: '#cd8ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ce9;
$custom-light: #ddaff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.935,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73834,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CE9

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D0164E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CE9

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

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