#CD9ADE#CD9ADE

#CD9ADE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.110 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9ADE
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 30.85, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 41.11, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0809 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.11 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9154, 41.3653, 74.4479)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9ADE #ABDE9A

analogous

#AB9ADE #CD9ADE #DE9ACD

triadic

#CD9ADE #DECD9A #9ADECD

tetradic

#CD9ADE #DEAB9A #ABDE9A #9ACDDE

square

#CD9ADE #DEAB9A #ABDE9A #9ACDDE

split-complementary

#CD9ADE #CDDE9A #9ADEAB

monochromatic

#9F3EBF #B66CCF #CD9ADE #E4C8ED #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CD9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9ADE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9ADE	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.110 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8e8',
    500: '#cd9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ade;
$custom-light: #ddb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9ADE

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#BE274D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9ADE

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

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