#CD8DCD#CD8DCD

#CD8DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8DCD
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 34.64, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 41.72, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0958 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.115 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7201, 36.4383, 62.3707)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8DCD #8DCD8D

analogous

#AD8DCD #CD8DCD #CD8DAD

triadic

#CD8DCD #CDCD8D #8DCDCD

tetradic

#CD8DCD #CDAD8D #8DCD8D #8DADCD

square

#CD8DCD #CDAD8D #8DCD8D #8DADCD

split-complementary

#CD8DCD #ADCD8D #8DCDAD

monochromatic

#9B449B #BA62BA #CD8DCD #E0B8E0 #F2E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8DCD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8DCD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D193A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafdc',
    500: '#cd8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8dcd;
$custom-light: #ddafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8DCD

secondary

#D1E5D1

accent

#B23333

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FB

border

#D4CED4

text

#151015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8DCD

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

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