#CD8EE9#CD8EE9

#CD8EE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EE9
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(282, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 39.61, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 54.01, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.101 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.143 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5555, 38.2095, 81.8396)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EE9 #AAE98E

analogous

#9F8EE9 #CD8EE9 #E98ED7

triadic

#CD8EE9 #E9CD8E #8EE9CD

tetradic

#CD8EE9 #E99F8E #AAE98E #8ED7E9

square

#CD8EE9 #E99F8E #AAE98E #8ED7E9

split-complementary

#CD8EE9 #D7E98E #8EE99F

monochromatic

#9F29D3 #B65BDF #CD8EE9 #E4C1F3 #F4E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CD8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EE9

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EE9	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0f0',
    500: '#cd8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ee9;
$custom-light: #ddb0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EE9

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#CF164F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EE9

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

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