#CD9BDB#CD9BDB

#CD9BDB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.105 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BDB
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 29.71, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 39.05, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0787 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.105 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6826, 41.5374, 72.4044)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BDB #A9DB9B

analogous

#AD9BDB #CD9BDB #DB9BC9

triadic

#CD9BDB #DBCD9B #9BDBCD

tetradic

#CD9BDB #DBAD9B #A9DB9B #9BC9DB

square

#CD9BDB #DBAD9B #A9DB9B #9BC9DB

split-complementary

#CD9BDB #C9DB9B #9BDBAD

monochromatic

#9F43B9 #B66ECB #CD9BDB #E3C8EB #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#CD9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BDB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BDB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.105 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e6',
    500: '#cd9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bdb;
$custom-light: #ddb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BDB

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BA2B4B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BDB

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

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