#CD9BE1#CD9BE1

#CD9BE1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE1
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 225)
HSL	hsl(283, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 30.91, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 41.91, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0803 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.111 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4867, 41.8591, 76.6396)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE1 #AFE19B

analogous

#AA9BE1 #CD9BE1 #E19BD2

triadic

#CD9BE1 #E1CD9B #9BE1CD

tetradic

#CD9BE1 #E1AA9B #AFE19B #9BD2E1

square

#CD9BE1 #E1AA9B #AFE19B #9BD2E1

split-complementary

#CD9BE1 #D2E19B #9BE1AA

monochromatic

#9E3DC5 #B56CD3 #CD9BE1 #E5CAEF #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CD9BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE1

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE1	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ea',
    500: '#cd9be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be1;
$custom-light: #ddb9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE1

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C12451

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE1

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

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