#CD8CEC#CD8CEC

#CD8CEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.150 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CEC
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 41.30, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 56.70, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.1045 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.15 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6928, 37.7925, 84.0176)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CEC #ABEC8C

analogous

#9D8CEC #CD8CEC #EC8CDB

triadic

#CD8CEC #ECCD8C #8CECCD

tetradic

#CD8CEC #EC9D8C #ABEC8C #8CDBEC

square

#CD8CEC #EC9D8C #ABEC8C #8CDBEC

split-complementary

#CD8CEC #DBEC8C #8CEC9D

monochromatic

#9F24DA #B657E3 #CD8CEC #E4C1F5 #F4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD8CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD8CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CEC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CEC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB99B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.150 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaff2',
    500: '#cd8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8cec;
$custom-light: #deaff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73973,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CEC

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D41250

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CEC

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

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