#CD9CD5#CD9CD5

#CD9CD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.096 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CD5
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(292, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(292, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 27.98, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 35.61, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0755 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.096 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0740, 41.5614, 68.3749)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CD5 #A4D59C

analogous

#B19CD5 #CD9CD5 #D59CC1

triadic

#CD9CD5 #D5CD9C #9CD5CD

tetradic

#CD9CD5 #D5B19C #A4D59C #9CC1D5

square

#CD9CD5 #D5B19C #A4D59C #9CC1D5

split-complementary

#CD9CD5 #C1D59C #9CD5B1

monochromatic

#9F49AD #B771C3 #CD9CD5 #E3C7E7 #F4EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#CD9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CD5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CD5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.096 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e2',
    500: '#cd9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cd5;
$custom-light: #ddb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.579,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CD5

secondary

#E0EDDE

accent

#B33244

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CD5

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

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