#CD9CD8#CD9CD8

#CD9CD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.099 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CD8
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(289, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(289, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 28.57, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 36.99, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0763 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.099 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4583, 41.7151, 70.3989)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CD8 #A7D89C

analogous

#AF9CD8 #CD9CD8 #D89CC5

triadic

#CD9CD8 #D8CD9C #9CD8CD

tetradic

#CD9CD8 #D8AF9C #A7D89C #9CC5D8

square

#CD9CD8 #D8AF9C #A7D89C #9CC5D8

split-complementary

#CD9CD8 #C5D89C #9CD8AF

monochromatic

#9F47B3 #B770C7 #CD9CD8 #E3C8E9 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CD9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CD8

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CD8	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.099 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e4',
    500: '#cd9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cd8;
$custom-light: #ddb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75842,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CD8

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B72F48

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CD8

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

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