#CD9BE4#CD9BE4

#CD9BE4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE4
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 31.52, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 43.35, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.081 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.115 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8996, 42.0242, 78.8139)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE4 #B2E49B

analogous

#A99BE4 #CD9BE4 #E49BD6

triadic

#CD9BE4 #E4CD9B #9BE4CD

tetradic

#CD9BE4 #E4A99B #B2E49B #9BD6E4

square

#CD9BE4 #E4A99B #B2E49B #9BD6E4

split-complementary

#CD9BE4 #D6E49B #9BE4A9

monochromatic

#9D3BCA #B56BD7 #CD9BE4 #E5CBF1 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CD9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE4

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE4	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ec',
    500: '#cd9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be4;
$custom-light: #ddb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.096,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76152,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE4

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C52054

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE4

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

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