#CD9BE0#CD9BE0

#CD9BE0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE0
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 30.71, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 41.43, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.08 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.11 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3507, 41.8047, 75.9232)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE0 #AEE09B

analogous

#AB9BE0 #CD9BE0 #E09BD1

triadic

#CD9BE0 #E0CD9B #9BE0CD

tetradic

#CD9BE0 #E0AB9B #AEE09B #9BD1E0

square

#CD9BE0 #E0AB9B #AEE09B #9BD1E0

split-complementary

#CD9BE0 #D1E09B #9BE0AB

monochromatic

#9E3EC3 #B66CD2 #CD9BE0 #E4CAEE #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CD9BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE0

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE0	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ea',
    500: '#cd9be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be0;
$custom-light: #ddb9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.478,
    "s": 52.672,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75986,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE0

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C02550

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE0

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

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