#CD8EC5#CD8EC5

#CD8EC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EC5
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(308, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(308, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 32.62, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 37.69, 329.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.092 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.105 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9272, 36.3581, 57.4638)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EC5 #8ECD96

analogous

#B58ECD #CD8EC5 #CD8EA5

triadic

#CD8EC5 #C5CD8E #8EC5CD

tetradic

#CD8EC5 #CDB58E #8ECD96 #8EA5CD

square

#CD8EC5 #CDB58E #8ECD96 #8EA5CD

split-complementary

#CD8EC5 #A5CD8E #8ECDB5

monochromatic

#9C4591 #BA64AF #CD8EC5 #E0B8DB #F3E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD8EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CD8EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EC5

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EC5	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D292A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0d6',
    500: '#cd8ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ec5;
$custom-light: #ddb0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.619,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EC5

secondary

#D2E5D4

accent

#B24434

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF5FA

border

#D4CFD3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EC5

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

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