#CD8DC4#CD8DC4

#CD8DC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8DC4
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(308, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(308, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 32.99, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 37.92, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0933 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.106 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6649, 36.0162, 56.8129)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8DC4 #8DCD96

analogous

#B68DCD #CD8DC4 #CD8DA4

triadic

#CD8DC4 #C4CD8D #8DC4CD

tetradic

#CD8DC4 #CDB68D #8DCD96 #8DA4CD

square

#CD8DC4 #CDB68D #8DCD96 #8DA4CD

split-complementary

#CD8DC4 #A4CD8D #8DCDB6

monochromatic

#9B448F #BA62AE #CD8DC4 #E0B8DA #F2E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CD8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8DC4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8DC4	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D291A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafd6',
    500: '#cd8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8dc4;
$custom-light: #ddafd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.438,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8DC4

secondary

#D1E5D4

accent

#B24533

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8DC4

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

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