#CD9BEB#CD9BEB

#CD9BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.123 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BEB
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 32.96, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 46.77, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% 0.0828 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.123 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8910, 42.4208, 84.0356)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BEB #B9EB9B

analogous

#A59BEB #CD9BEB #EB9BE1

triadic

#CD9BEB #EBCD9B #9BEBCD

tetradic

#CD9BEB #EBA59B #B9EB9B #9BE1EB

square

#CD9BEB #EBA59B #B9EB9B #9BE1EB

split-complementary

#CD9BEB #E1EB9B #9BEBA5

monochromatic

#9A35D7 #B468E1 #CD9BEB #E7CEF5 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CD9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CD9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BEB

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BEB	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.123 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9f1',
    500: '#cd9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9beb;
$custom-light: #ddb9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76449,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BEB

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CF175C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BEB

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

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