#CD9BC8#CD9BC8

#CD9BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.085 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BC8
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(306, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(306, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 26.07, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 30.52, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.073 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.085 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3226, 40.5934, 59.9749)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BC8 #9BCDA0

analogous

#B99BCD #CD9BC8 #CD9BAF

triadic

#CD9BC8 #C8CD9B #9BC8CD

tetradic

#CD9BC8 #CDB99B #9BCDA0 #9BAFCD

square

#CD9BC8 #CDB99B #9BCDA0 #9BAFCD

split-complementary

#CD9BC8 #AFCD9B #9BCDB9

monochromatic

#9E4F96 #B972B2 #CD9BC8 #E1C4DE #F5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CD9BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#CD9BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BC8

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BC8	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.085 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9d8',
    500: '#cd9bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bc8;
$custom-light: #dcb9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BC8

secondary

#DBE9DC

accent

#AC4539

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BC8

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

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