#CD8EE3#CD8EE3

#CD8EE3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.136 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EE3
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 38.38, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 51.14, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0998 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.136 317)
XYZ	xyz(48.7130, 37.8724, 77.4022)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EE3 #A4E38E

analogous

#A38EE3 #CD8EE3 #E38ECE

triadic

#CD8EE3 #E3CD8E #8EE3CD

tetradic

#CD8EE3 #E3A38E #A4E38E #8ECEE3

square

#CD8EE3 #E3A38E #A4E38E #8ECEE3

split-complementary

#CD8EE3 #CEE38E #8EE3A3

monochromatic

#9F31C6 #B75DD7 #CD8EE3 #E3BFEF #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CD8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EE3

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EE3	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)

#81A1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD99AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0ec',
    500: '#cd8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ee3;
$custom-light: #ddb0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.471,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.37871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EE3

secondary

#E0F0DB

accent

#C81E4A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EE3

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

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