#CD8EE8#CD8EE8

#CD8EE8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.142 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EE8
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 39.40, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 53.53, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.1008 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.142 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4131, 38.1525, 81.0894)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EE8 #A9E88E

analogous

#A08EE8 #CD8EE8 #E88ED6

triadic

#CD8EE8 #E8CD8E #8EE8CD

tetradic

#CD8EE8 #E8A08E #A9E88E #8ED6E8

square

#CD8EE8 #E8A08E #A9E88E #8ED6E8

split-complementary

#CD8EE8 #D6E88E #8EE8A0

monochromatic

#9F2BD1 #B65BDE #CD8EE8 #E3C1F2 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CD8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EE8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EE8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.142 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0ef',
    500: '#cd8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ee8;
$custom-light: #ddb0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EE8

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CE174E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EE8

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

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