#CD8EEC#CD8EEC

#CD8EEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.146 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EEC
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 39.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 40.23, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 55.45, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.1016 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.146 314)
XYZ	xyz(49.9877, 38.3823, 84.1159)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EEC #ADEC8E

analogous

#9E8EEC #CD8EEC #EC8EDC

triadic

#CD8EEC #ECCD8E #8EECCD

tetradic

#CD8EEC #EC9E8E #ADEC8E #8EDCEC

square

#CD8EEC #EC9E8E #ADEC8E #8EDCEC

split-complementary

#CD8EEC #DCEC8E #8EEC9E

monochromatic

#9F25DA #B65AE3 #CD8EEC #E4C2F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD8EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CD8EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EEC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EEC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9BB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.146 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb0f2',
    500: '#cd8eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8eec;
$custom-light: #ddb0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.213,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.38381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EEC

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D31252

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EEC

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

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