#CD9BE9#CD9BE9

#CD9BE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE9
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 32.55, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 45.79, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0823 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.121 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6037, 42.3059, 82.5224)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE9 #B7E99B

analogous

#A69BE9 #CD9BE9 #E99BDE

triadic

#CD9BE9 #E9CD9B #9BE9CD

tetradic

#CD9BE9 #E9A69B #B7E99B #9BDEE9

square

#CD9BE9 #E9A69B #B7E99B #9BDEE9

split-complementary

#CD9BE9 #DEE99B #9BE9A6

monochromatic

#9B37D3 #B469DE #CD9BE9 #E6CDF4 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CD9BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CD9BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE9

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE9	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9f0',
    500: '#cd9be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be9;
$custom-light: #ddb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE9

secondary

#E2F1DA

accent

#CC1A5A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE9

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

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