#CD96D8#CD96D8

#CD96D8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD96D8
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 216)
HSL	hsl(290, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 31.85, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 40.87, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0853 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.11 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4763, 39.7510, 70.0715)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD96D8 #A1D896

analogous

#AC96D8 #CD96D8 #D896C2

triadic

#CD96D8 #D8CD96 #96D8CD

tetradic

#CD96D8 #D8AC96 #A1D896 #96C2D8

square

#CD96D8 #D8AC96 #A1D896 #96C2D8

split-complementary

#CD96D8 #C2D896 #96D8AC

monochromatic

#9F42B2 #B869C7 #CD96D8 #E2C3E9 #F4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CD96D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CD96D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD96D8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD96D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD96D8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd96d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5e4',
    500: '#cd96d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd96d8;
$custom-light: #ddb5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd96d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD96D8

secondary

#DFEDDD

accent

#B92C44

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD96D8

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

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