#CD8EF9#CD8EF9

#CD8EF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.161 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8EF9
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 249)
HSL	hsl(275, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(275, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 43%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 42.97, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 61.79, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.104 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.161 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9456, 39.1655, 94.4274)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8EF9 #BAF98E

analogous

#988EF9 #CD8EF9 #F98EF0

triadic

#CD8EF9 #F9CD8E #8EF9CD

tetradic

#CD8EF9 #F9988E #BAF98E #8EF0F9

square

#CD8EF9 #F9988E #BAF98E #8EF0F9

split-complementary

#CD8EF9 #F0F98E #8EF998

monochromatic

#9A1AF3 #B354F6 #CD8EF9 #E7C8FC #F2E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CD8EF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CD8EF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8EF9

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8EF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8EF9	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89EB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8ef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.161 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb0fb',
    500: '#cd8ef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8ef9;
$custom-light: #deb0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8ef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.327,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.16131,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8EF9

secondary

#E3F6D5

accent

#E6005E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF5FF

border

#D4CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8EF9

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

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