#CD9CDA#CD9CDA

#CD9CDA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.102 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CDA
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(287, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 28.96, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 37.93, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0769 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.102 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7185, 41.8191, 71.7689)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CDA #A9DA9C

analogous

#AE9CDA #CD9CDA #DA9CC8

triadic

#CD9CDA #DACD9C #9CDACD

tetradic

#CD9CDA #DAAE9C #A9DA9C #9CC8DA

square

#CD9CDA #DAAE9C #A9DA9C #9CC8DA

split-complementary

#CD9CDA #C8DA9C #9CDAAE

monochromatic

#9F44B7 #B66FC9 #CD9CDA #E3C9EB #F4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CD9CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CDA

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CDA	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.102 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e5',
    500: '#cd9cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cda;
$custom-light: #ddb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.419,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75921,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CDA

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#B92D4A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CDA

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

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