#CD9AE0#CD9AE0

#CD9AE0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9AE0
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 224)
HSL	hsl(284, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(284, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 31.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 31.25, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 42.07, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0815 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.112 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1850, 41.4732, 75.8680)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9AE0 #ADE09A

analogous

#AA9AE0 #CD9AE0 #E09AD0

triadic

#CD9AE0 #E0CD9A #9AE0CD

tetradic

#CD9AE0 #E0AA9A #ADE09A #9AD0E0

square

#CD9AE0 #E0AA9A #ADE09A #9AD0E0

split-complementary

#CD9AE0 #D0E09A #9AE0AA

monochromatic

#9F3CC3 #B66BD2 #CD9AE0 #E4C9EE #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD9AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#CD9AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9AE0

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9AE0	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8ea',
    500: '#cd9ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ae0;
$custom-light: #ddb8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 53.03,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9AE0

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C0254F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9AE0

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

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