#CD9BE3#CD9BE3

#CD9BE3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE3
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 31.31, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 42.87, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0808 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.114 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7612, 41.9688, 78.0849)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE3 #B1E39B

analogous

#A99BE3 #CD9BE3 #E39BD5

triadic

#CD9BE3 #E3CD9B #9BE3CD

tetradic

#CD9BE3 #E3A99B #B1E39B #9BD5E3

square

#CD9BE3 #E3A99B #B1E39B #9BD5E3

split-complementary

#CD9BE3 #D5E39B #9BE3A9

monochromatic

#9D3BC8 #B56BD6 #CD9BE3 #E5CBF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CD9BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE3

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE3	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ec',
    500: '#cd9be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be3;
$custom-light: #ddb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7611,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE3

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C42253

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE3

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

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