#CD8CF6#CD8CF6

#CD8CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.161 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8CF6
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 246)
HSL	hsl(277, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 43.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 43.40, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 61.55, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.1062 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.161 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1865, 38.3900, 91.8844)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8CF6 #B5F68C

analogous

#988CF6 #CD8CF6 #F68CEA

triadic

#CD8CF6 #F6CD8C #8CF6CD

tetradic

#CD8CF6 #F6988C #B5F68C #8CEAF6

square

#CD8CF6 #F6988C #B5F68C #8CEAF6

split-complementary

#CD8CF6 #EAF68C #8CF698

monochromatic

#9C1AED #B453F2 #CD8CF6 #E6C5FA #F3E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD8CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CD8CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8CF6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8CF6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A3FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99CB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.161 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaff9',
    500: '#cd8cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8cf6;
$custom-light: #deaff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.792,
    "s": 85.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8CF6

secondary

#E2F5D6

accent

#E2045A

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8CF6

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

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