#CD8DC5#CD8DC5

#CD8DC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8DC5
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(308, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(308, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 33.17, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 38.33, 329.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0936 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.107 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7791, 36.0619, 57.4144)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8DC5 #8DCD95

analogous

#B58DCD #CD8DC5 #CD8DA5

triadic

#CD8DC5 #C5CD8D #8DC5CD

tetradic

#CD8DC5 #CDB58D #8DCD95 #8DA5CD

square

#CD8DC5 #CDB58D #8DCD95 #8DA5CD

split-complementary

#CD8DC5 #A5CD8D #8DCDB5

monochromatic

#9B4491 #BA62AF #CD8DC5 #E0B8DB #F2E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8DC5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8DC5	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D291A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafd6',
    500: '#cd8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8dc5;
$custom-light: #ddafd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8DC5

secondary

#D1E5D4

accent

#B24333

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8DC5

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

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