#CD9ADD#CD9ADD

#CD9ADD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9ADD
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(286, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 30.65, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 40.64, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0807 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.109 318)
XYZ	xyz(49.7817, 41.3119, 73.7442)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9ADD #AADD9A

analogous

#AB9ADD #CD9ADD #DD9ACB

triadic

#CD9ADD #DDCD9A #9ADDCD

tetradic

#CD9ADD #DDAB9A #AADD9A #9ACBDD

square

#CD9ADD #DDAB9A #AADD9A #9ACBDD

split-complementary

#CD9ADD #CBDD9A #9ADDAB

monochromatic

#9F40BD #B66CCE #CD9ADD #E4C8EC #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CD9ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#CD9ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9ADD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9ADD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8e7',
    500: '#cd9add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9add;
$custom-light: #ddb8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.41311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9ADD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD294C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9ADD

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

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