#CD8EF4#CD8EF4

#CD8EF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.156 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EF4
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 244)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 41.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 41.91, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 59.34, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.1031 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.156 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1761, 38.8577, 90.3748)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EF4 #B5F48E

analogous

#9A8EF4 #CD8EF4 #F48EE8

triadic

#CD8EF4 #F4CD8E #8EF4CD

tetradic

#CD8EF4 #F49A8E #B5F48E #8EE8F4

square

#CD8EF4 #F49A8E #B5F48E #8EE8F4

split-complementary

#CD8EF4 #E8F48E #8EF49A

monochromatic

#9C1EE9 #B456EF #CD8EF4 #E6C6F9 #F3E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CD8EF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#CD8EF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EF4

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EF4	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A4F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A9F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99DB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.156 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb0f8',
    500: '#cd8ef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ef4;
$custom-light: #deb0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74674,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EF4

secondary

#E2F4D7

accent

#DF0759

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF5FF

border

#D4CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EF4

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

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