#CD90E6#CD90E6

#CD90E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD90E6
RGB	rgb(205, 144, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 37.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 37.91, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 51.31, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0975 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.136 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4309, 38.6400, 79.7019)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD90E6 #A9E690

analogous

#A290E6 #CD90E6 #E690D4

triadic

#CD90E6 #E6CD90 #90E6CD

tetradic

#CD90E6 #E6A290 #A9E690 #90D4E6

square

#CD90E6 #E6A290 #A9E690 #90D4E6

split-complementary

#CD90E6 #D4E690 #90E6A2

monochromatic

#9F2ECD #B65EDB #CD90E6 #E3C2F1 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CD90E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CD90E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD90E6

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD90E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD90E6	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd90e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 144, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb1ee',
    500: '#cd90e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd90e6;
$custom-light: #ddb1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd90e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.558,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74359,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD90E6

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CB1A4E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD90E6

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

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