#CD9BC5#CD9BC5

#CD9BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.082 H 332.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BC5
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(310, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(310, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 25.53, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 29.28, 330.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0721 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.082 332)
XYZ	xyz(46.9754, 40.4545, 58.1465)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BC5 #9BCDA3

analogous

#BC9BCD #CD9BC5 #CD9BAC

triadic

#CD9BC5 #C5CD9B #9BC5CD

tetradic

#CD9BC5 #CDBC9B #9BCDA3 #9BACCD

square

#CD9BC5 #CDBC9B #9BCDA3 #9BACCD

split-complementary

#CD9BC5 #ACCD9B #9BCDBC

monochromatic

#9E4F92 #B972AD #CD9BC5 #E1C4DD #F5EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CD9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CD9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BC5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BC5	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.082 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9d6',
    500: '#cd9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bc5;
$custom-light: #dcb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74953,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.40453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BC5

secondary

#DBE9DD

accent

#AC4C39

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BC5

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

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