#CD8EC3#CD8EC3

#CD8EC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EC3
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(310, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(310, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 32.26, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 36.88, 331.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0914 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.103 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6996, 36.2671, 56.2649)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EC3 #8ECD98

analogous

#B78ECD #CD8EC3 #CD8EA3

triadic

#CD8EC3 #C3CD8E #8EC3CD

tetradic

#CD8EC3 #CDB78E #8ECD98 #8EA3CD

square

#CD8EC3 #CDB78E #8ECD98 #8EA3CD

split-complementary

#CD8EC3 #A3CD8E #8ECDB7

monochromatic

#9C458E #BA64AC #CD8EC3 #E0B8DA #F3E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EC3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EC3	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#8D9DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D391A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0d5',
    500: '#cd8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ec3;
$custom-light: #ddb0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.524,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EC3

secondary

#D2E5D5

accent

#B24834

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF5FA

border

#D4CFD3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EC3

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

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