#CD8EF6#CD8EF6

#CD8EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.158 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EF6
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 246)
HSL	hsl(276, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 42.33, -42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 60.32, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.1035 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.158 311)
XYZ	xyz(51.4814, 38.9798, 91.9827)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EF6 #B7F68E

analogous

#998EF6 #CD8EF6 #F68EEB

triadic

#CD8EF6 #F6CD8E #8EF6CD

tetradic

#CD8EF6 #F6998E #B7F68E #8EEBF6

square

#CD8EF6 #F6998E #B7F68E #8EEBF6

split-complementary

#CD8EF6 #EBF68E #8EF699

monochromatic

#9B1DED #B455F1 #CD8EF6 #E6C7FB #F2E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CD8EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CD8EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EF6

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EF6	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A5FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A9F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.158 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb0f9',
    500: '#cd8ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ef6;
$custom-light: #deb0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.346,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74769,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.38979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EF6

secondary

#E2F5D6

accent

#E2045B

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF5FF

border

#D4CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EF6

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

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