#CD98EF#CD98EF

#CD98EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD98EF
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 35.44, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 50.64, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.088 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.133 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9824, 41.6684, 86.9490)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD98EF #BAEF98

analogous

#A298EF #CD98EF #EF98E5

triadic

#CD98EF #EFCD98 #98EFCD

tetradic

#CD98EF #EFA298 #BAEF98 #98E5EF

square

#CD98EF #EFA298 #BAEF98 #98E5EF

split-complementary

#CD98EF #E5EF98 #98EFA2

monochromatic

#9A2EDF #B363E7 #CD98EF #E7CDF7 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD98EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CD98EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD98EF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD98EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD98EF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd98ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7f4',
    500: '#cd98ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd98ef;
$custom-light: #ddb7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd98ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.552,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76108,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD98EF

secondary

#E3F3D8

accent

#D5105D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD98EF

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

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