#CD9AED#CD9AED

#CD9AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9AED
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 33.93, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 48.39, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0847 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.127 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0159, 42.2056, 85.5106)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9AED #BAED9A

analogous

#A49AED #CD9AED #ED9AE4

triadic

#CD9AED #EDCD9A #9AEDCD

tetradic

#CD9AED #EDA49A #BAED9A #9AE4ED

square

#CD9AED #EDA49A #BAED9A #9AE4ED

split-complementary

#CD9AED #E4ED9A #9AEDA4

monochromatic

#9A32DA #B366E4 #CD9AED #E7CEF6 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CD9AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CD9AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9AED

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9AED	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8f3',
    500: '#cd9aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9aed;
$custom-light: #ddb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9AED

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D2145D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9AED

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

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