#CD8EE5#CD8EE5

#CD8EE5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.139 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EE5
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 38.79, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 52.09, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.1002 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.139 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9906, 37.9835, 78.8644)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EE5 #A6E58E

analogous

#A18EE5 #CD8EE5 #E58ED2

triadic

#CD8EE5 #E5CD8E #8EE5CD

tetradic

#CD8EE5 #E5A18E #A6E58E #8ED2E5

square

#CD8EE5 #E5A18E #A6E58E #8ED2E5

split-complementary

#CD8EE5 #D2E58E #8EE5A1

monochromatic

#9F2FCA #B75CDA #CD8EE5 #E3C0F0 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD8EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD8EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EE5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EE5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC99AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.139 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0ed',
    500: '#cd8ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ee5;
$custom-light: #ddb0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EE5

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CA1B4B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EE5

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

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