#CD8DC9#CD8DC9

#CD8DC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8DC9
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(304, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 33.90, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 40.00, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0947 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.111 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2435, 36.2477, 59.8603)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8DC9 #8DCD91

analogous

#B18DCD #CD8DC9 #CD8DA9

triadic

#CD8DC9 #C9CD8D #8DC9CD

tetradic

#CD8DC9 #CDB18D #8DCD91 #8DA9CD

square

#CD8DC9 #CDB18D #8DCD91 #8DA9CD

split-complementary

#CD8DC9 #A9CD8D #8DCDB1

monochromatic

#9B4496 #BA62B5 #CD8DC9 #E0B8DD #F2E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8DC9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8DC9	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D292A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafd9',
    500: '#cd8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8dc9;
$custom-light: #ddafd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8DC9

secondary

#D1E5D2

accent

#B23B33

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8DC9

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

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