#CD9BE8#CD9BE8

#CD9BE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE8
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 32.34, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 45.30, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.082 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.12 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4613, 42.2489, 81.7722)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE8 #B6E89B

analogous

#A69BE8 #CD9BE8 #E89BDC

triadic

#CD9BE8 #E8CD9B #9BE8CD

tetradic

#CD9BE8 #E8A69B #B6E89B #9BDCE8

square

#CD9BE8 #E8A69B #B6E89B #9BDCE8

split-complementary

#CD9BE8 #DCE89B #9BE8A6

monochromatic

#9B37D1 #B469DD #CD9BE8 #E6CDF3 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CD9BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CD9BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ef',
    500: '#cd9be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be8;
$custom-light: #ddb9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7632,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE8

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CA1B59

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE8

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

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