#CD9CDB#CD9CDB

#CD9CDB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.103 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CDB
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(287, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 29.16, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 38.40, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0772 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.103 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8497, 41.8716, 72.4601)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CDB #AADB9C

analogous

#AD9CDB #CD9CDB #DB9CC9

triadic

#CD9CDB #DBCD9C #9CDBCD

tetradic

#CD9CDB #DBAD9C #AADB9C #9CC9DB

square

#CD9CDB #DBAD9C #AADB9C #9CC9DB

split-complementary

#CD9CDB #C9DB9C #9CDBAD

monochromatic

#9F43B9 #B66FCB #CD9CDB #E4C9EB #F4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CD9CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CDB

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CDB	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.103 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e6',
    500: '#cd9cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cdb;
$custom-light: #ddb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75961,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CDB

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BA2C4B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CDB

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

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