#CD9AE5#CD9AE5

#CD9AE5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9AE5
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 32.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 32.27, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 44.48, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0828 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.118 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8731, 41.7484, 79.4919)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9AE5 #B2E59A

analogous

#A79AE5 #CD9AE5 #E59AD7

triadic

#CD9AE5 #E5CD9A #9AE5CD

tetradic

#CD9AE5 #E5A79A #B2E59A #9AD7E5

square

#CD9AE5 #E5A79A #B2E59A #9AD7E5

split-complementary

#CD9AE5 #D7E59A #9AE5A7

monochromatic

#9D39CC #B569D8 #CD9AE5 #E5CBF2 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CD9AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9AE5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9AE5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8ed',
    500: '#cd9ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ae5;
$custom-light: #ddb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76019,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9AE5

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C71F55

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9AE5

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

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