#CD9CD7#CD9CD7

#CD9CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.098 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CD7
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(290, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 28.37, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 36.53, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.076 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.098 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3294, 41.6635, 69.7201)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CD7 #A6D79C

analogous

#B09CD7 #CD9CD7 #D79CC3

triadic

#CD9CD7 #D7CD9C #9CD7CD

tetradic

#CD9CD7 #D7B09C #A6D79C #9CC3D7

square

#CD9CD7 #D7B09C #A6D79C #9CC3D7

split-complementary

#CD9CD7 #C3D79C #9CD7B0

monochromatic

#9F48B1 #B770C5 #CD9CD7 #E3C8E9 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CD9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CD7

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CD7	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.098 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e3',
    500: '#cd9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cd7;
$custom-light: #ddb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.831,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CD7

secondary

#E0EDDE

accent

#B63047

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CD7

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

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