#CD8CEF#CD8CEF

#CD8CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.153 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CEF
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 41.93, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.15, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.105 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.153 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1323, 37.9683, 86.3323)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CEF #AEEF8C

analogous

#9C8CEF #CD8CEF #EF8CE0

triadic

#CD8CEF #EFCD8C #8CEFCD

tetradic

#CD8CEF #EF9C8C #AEEF8C #8CE0EF

square

#CD8CEF #EF9C8C #AEEF8C #8CE0EF

split-complementary

#CD8CEF #E0EF8C #8CEF9C

monochromatic

#9E21E0 #B656E8 #CD8CEF #E4C2F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CD8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CEF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CEF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.153 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaff4',
    500: '#cd8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8cef;
$custom-light: #deaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CEF

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D80E53

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CEF

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

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