#CD9BDE#CD9BDE

#CD9BDE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BDE
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 30.30, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 40.47, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0795 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.108 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0811, 41.6968, 74.5032)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BDE #ACDE9B

analogous

#AC9BDE #CD9BDE #DE9BCE

triadic

#CD9BDE #DECD9B #9BDECD

tetradic

#CD9BDE #DEAC9B #ACDE9B #9BCEDE

square

#CD9BDE #DEAC9B #ACDE9B #9BCEDE

split-complementary

#CD9BDE #CEDE9B #9BDEAC

monochromatic

#9F3FBF #B66DCF #CD9BDE #E4C9ED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CD9BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BDE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BDE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e8',
    500: '#cd9bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9bde;
$custom-light: #ddb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75905,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BDE

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BE284E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BDE

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

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