#CD8CEE#CD8CEE

#CD8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.152 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CEE
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 41.72, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 57.66, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.1048 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.152 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9850, 37.9094, 85.5564)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CEE #ADEE8C

analogous

#9C8CEE #CD8CEE #EE8CDE

triadic

#CD8CEE #EECD8C #8CEECD

tetradic

#CD8CEE #EE9C8C #ADEE8C #8CDEEE

square

#CD8CEE #EE9C8C #ADEE8C #8CDEEE

split-complementary

#CD8CEE #DEEE8C #8CEE9C

monochromatic

#9F21DE #B657E6 #CD8CEE #E4C1F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CD8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CEE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CEE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.152 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaff4',
    500: '#cd8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8cee;
$custom-light: #deaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.796,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CEE

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D60F52

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CEE

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

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