#CD9CC9#CD9CC9

#CD9CC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.084 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CC9
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(305, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(305, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 25.71, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 30.29, 328.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0718 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.084 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6069, 40.9745, 60.6481)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CC9 #9CCDA0

analogous

#B89CCD #CD9CC9 #CD9CB0

triadic

#CD9CC9 #C9CD9C #9CC9CD

tetradic

#CD9CC9 #CDB89C #9CCDA0 #9CB0CD

square

#CD9CC9 #CDB89C #9CCDA0 #9CB0CD

split-complementary

#CD9CC9 #B0CD9C #9CCDB8

monochromatic

#9F5098 #B873B3 #CD9CC9 #E2C5DF #F5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CD9CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#CD9CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CC9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CC9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.084 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9d9',
    500: '#cd9cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cc9;
$custom-light: #dcb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.898,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75277,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CC9

secondary

#DCE9DD

accent

#AC433A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CC9

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

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