#CD9AEB#CD9AEB

#CD9AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.125 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9AEB
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 33.51, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 47.40, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0842 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.125 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7253, 42.0893, 83.9803)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9AEB #B8EB9A

analogous

#A59AEB #CD9AEB #EB9AE1

triadic

#CD9AEB #EBCD9A #9AEBCD

tetradic

#CD9AEB #EBA59A #B8EB9A #9AE1EB

square

#CD9AEB #EBA59A #B8EB9A #9AE1EB

split-complementary

#CD9AEB #E1EB9A #9AEBA5

monochromatic

#9A34D7 #B467E1 #CD9AEB #E6CDF5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CD9AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9AEB

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9AEB	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.125 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8f1',
    500: '#cd9aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9aeb;
$custom-light: #ddb8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9AEB

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CF175B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9AEB

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

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