#CD9CD9#CD9CD9

#CD9CD9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.101 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CD9
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(288, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 28.77, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 37.46, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0766 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.101 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5880, 41.7670, 71.0818)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CD9 #A8D99C

analogous

#AE9CD9 #CD9CD9 #D99CC6

triadic

#CD9CD9 #D9CD9C #9CD9CD

tetradic

#CD9CD9 #D9AE9C #A8D99C #9CC6D9

square

#CD9CD9 #D9AE9C #A8D99C #9CC6D9

split-complementary

#CD9CD9 #C6D99C #9CD9AE

monochromatic

#9F46B5 #B770C8 #CD9CD9 #E3C8EA #F4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CD9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CD9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CD9

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CD9	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.101 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e5',
    500: '#cd9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cd9;
$custom-light: #ddb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.197,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CD9

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B82E49

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CD9

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

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