#CD9BC6#CD9BC6

#CD9BC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.083 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BC6
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(308, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(308, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 25.71, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 29.69, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0724 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.083 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0904, 40.5005, 58.7519)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BC6 #9BCDA2

analogous

#BB9BCD #CD9BC6 #CD9BAD

triadic

#CD9BC6 #C6CD9B #9BC6CD

tetradic

#CD9BC6 #CDBB9B #9BCDA2 #9BADCD

square

#CD9BC6 #CDBB9B #9BCDA2 #9BADCD

split-complementary

#CD9BC6 #ADCD9B #9BCDBB

monochromatic

#9E4F93 #B972AF #CD9BC6 #E1C4DD #F5EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CD9BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#CD9BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BC6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BC6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.083 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9d7',
    500: '#cd9bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bc6;
$custom-light: #dcb9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.4,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74988,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BC6

secondary

#DBE9DD

accent

#AC4939

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BC6

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

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