#CD9AE2#CD9AE2

#CD9AE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9AE2
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 31.66, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 43.03, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.082 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.114 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4578, 41.5823, 77.3049)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9AE2 #AFE29A

analogous

#A99AE2 #CD9AE2 #E29AD3

triadic

#CD9AE2 #E2CD9A #9AE2CD

tetradic

#CD9AE2 #E2A99A #AFE29A #9AD3E2

square

#CD9AE2 #E2A99A #AFE29A #9AD3E2

split-complementary

#CD9AE2 #D3E29A #9AE2A9

monochromatic

#9E3BC7 #B56AD4 #CD9AE2 #E5CAF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CD9AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9AE2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9AE2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8eb',
    500: '#cd9ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ae2;
$custom-light: #ddb8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75894,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9AE2

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C32351

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9AE2

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

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