#CD9CD6#CD9CD6

#CD9CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CD6
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(291, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 28.18, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 36.07, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0757 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.097 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2013, 41.6123, 69.0454)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CD6 #A5D69C

analogous

#B09CD6 #CD9CD6 #D69CC2

triadic

#CD9CD6 #D6CD9C #9CD6CD

tetradic

#CD9CD6 #D6B09C #A5D69C #9CC2D6

square

#CD9CD6 #D6B09C #A5D69C #9CC2D6

split-complementary

#CD9CD6 #C2D69C #9CD6B0

monochromatic

#9F49AF #B771C4 #CD9CD6 #E3C7E8 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CD9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CD6

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CD6	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e2',
    500: '#cd9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cd6;
$custom-light: #ddb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.69,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CD6

secondary

#E0EDDE

accent

#B43145

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CD6

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

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