#CD9BDD#CD9BDD

#CD9BDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.107 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BDD
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 30.11, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 39.99, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0792 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.107 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9475, 41.6434, 73.7994)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BDD #ABDD9B

analogous

#AC9BDD #CD9BDD #DD9BCC

triadic

#CD9BDD #DDCD9B #9BDDCD

tetradic

#CD9BDD #DDAC9B #ABDD9B #9BCCDD

square

#CD9BDD #DDAC9B #ABDD9B #9BCCDD

split-complementary

#CD9BDD #CCDD9B #9BDDAC

monochromatic

#9F40BD #B66DCD #CD9BDD #E4C9ED #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CD9BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BDD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BDD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.107 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e7',
    500: '#cd9bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bdd;
$custom-light: #ddb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75864,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BDD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD294D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BDD

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

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