#CD96E6#CD96E6

#CD96E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD96E6
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 34.65, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 47.51, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0888 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.126 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3639, 40.5060, 80.0129)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD96E6 #AFE696

analogous

#A596E6 #CD96E6 #E696D7

triadic

#CD96E6 #E6CD96 #96E6CD

tetradic

#CD96E6 #E6A596 #AFE696 #96D7E6

square

#CD96E6 #E6A596 #AFE696 #96D7E6

split-complementary

#CD96E6 #D7E696 #96E6A5

monochromatic

#9E33CE #B565DA #CD96E6 #E5C7F2 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CD96E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#CD96E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD96E6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD96E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD96E6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd96e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5ee',
    500: '#cd96e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd96e6;
$custom-light: #ddb5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd96e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75372,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD96E6

secondary

#E1F0DB

accent

#C91C52

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD96E6

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

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