#CD9BE2#CD9BE2

#CD9BE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE2
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 31.11, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 42.39, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0805 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.113 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6236, 41.9138, 77.3601)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE2 #B0E29B

analogous

#AA9BE2 #CD9BE2 #E29BD3

triadic

#CD9BE2 #E2CD9B #9BE2CD

tetradic

#CD9BE2 #E2AA9B #B0E29B #9BD3E2

square

#CD9BE2 #E2AA9B #B0E29B #9BD3E2

split-complementary

#CD9BE2 #D3E29B #9BE2AA

monochromatic

#9E3CC6 #B56CD4 #CD9BE2 #E5CAF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CD9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE2

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE2	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9eb',
    500: '#cd9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be2;
$custom-light: #ddb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.254,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE2

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#C32352

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE2

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

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