#CD8EF5#CD8EF5

#CD8EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.157 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EF5
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 245)
HSL	hsl(277, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 42%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 42.12, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 59.83, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.1033 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.157 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3284, 38.9186, 91.1766)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EF5 #B6F58E

analogous

#998EF5 #CD8EF5 #F58EE9

triadic

#CD8EF5 #F5CD8E #8EF5CD

tetradic

#CD8EF5 #F5998E #B6F58E #8EE9F5

square

#CD8EF5 #F5998E #B6F58E #8EE9F5

split-complementary

#CD8EF5 #E9F58E #8EF599

monochromatic

#9B1EEB #B456F0 #CD8EF5 #E6C6FA #F3E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CD8EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CD8EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EF5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EF5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A4F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A9F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99DB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.157 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb0f9',
    500: '#cd8ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ef5;
$custom-light: #deb0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.699,
    "s": 83.74,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74721,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EF5

secondary

#E2F4D7

accent

#E0055A

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF5FF

border

#D4CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EF5

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

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