#CD9BCD#CD9BCD

#CD9BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.089 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BCD
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 27.00, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 32.66, 325.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0746 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.09 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9165, 40.8310, 63.1028)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BCD #9BCD9B

analogous

#B49BCD #CD9BCD #CD9BB4

triadic

#CD9BCD #CDCD9B #9BCDCD

tetradic

#CD9BCD #CDB49B #9BCD9B #9BB4CD

square

#CD9BCD #CDB49B #9BCD9B #9BB4CD

split-complementary

#CD9BCD #B4CD9B #9BCDB4

monochromatic

#9E4F9E #B972B9 #CD9BCD #E1C4E1 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CD9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CD9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BCD

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BCD	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.089 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9dc',
    500: '#cd9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bcd;
$custom-light: #ddb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BCD

secondary

#DBE9DB

accent

#AC3939

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BCD

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

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