#CD8EC9#CD8EC9

#CD8EC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EC9
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(304, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 33.35, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 39.36, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0932 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.109 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3916, 36.5439, 59.9097)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EC9 #8ECD92

analogous

#B18ECD #CD8EC9 #CD8EA9

triadic

#CD8EC9 #C9CD8E #8EC9CD

tetradic

#CD8EC9 #CDB18E #8ECD92 #8EA9CD

square

#CD8EC9 #CDB18E #8ECD92 #8EA9CD

split-complementary

#CD8EC9 #A9CD8E #8ECDB1

monochromatic

#9C4596 #BA64B5 #CD8EC9 #E0B8DD #F3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CD8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EC9

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EC9	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D293A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0d9',
    500: '#cd8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ec9;
$custom-light: #ddb0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.81,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EC9

secondary

#D2E5D3

accent

#B23C34

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF5FA

border

#D4CFD3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EC9

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

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