#CD9BE6#CD9BE6

#CD9BE6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE6
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 31.93, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 44.32, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0815 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.117 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1788, 42.1359, 80.2845)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE6 #B4E69B

analogous

#A79BE6 #CD9BE6 #E69BD9

triadic

#CD9BE6 #E6CD9B #9BE6CD

tetradic

#CD9BE6 #E6A79B #B4E69B #9BD9E6

square

#CD9BE6 #E6A79B #B4E69B #9BD9E6

split-complementary

#CD9BE6 #D9E69B #9BE6A7

monochromatic

#9C39CE #B56ADA #CD9BE6 #E5CCF2 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CD9BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE6

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE6	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ee',
    500: '#cd9be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be6;
$custom-light: #ddb9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76235,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE6

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C81E56

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE6

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

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