#CD8DE8#CD8DE8

#CD8DE8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.144 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8DE8
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 39.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 39.94, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 54.15, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.1022 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.144 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2650, 37.8562, 81.0401)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8DE8 #A8E88D

analogous

#9F8DE8 #CD8DE8 #E88DD5

triadic

#CD8DE8 #E8CD8D #8DE8CD

tetradic

#CD8DE8 #E89F8D #A8E88D #8DD5E8

square

#CD8DE8 #E89F8D #A8E88D #8DD5E8

split-complementary

#CD8DE8 #D5E88D #8DE89F

monochromatic

#9F2AD1 #B75ADE #CD8DE8 #E3C0F2 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD8DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CD8DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8DE8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8DE8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC99B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.144 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddafef',
    500: '#cd8de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8de8;
$custom-light: #ddafef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.198,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73953,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8DE8

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CE174E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8DE8

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

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