#CD9CDC#CD9CDC

#CD9CDC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.104 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CDC
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(286, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(286, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 29.36, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 38.88, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0774 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.104 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9817, 41.9244, 73.1555)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CDC #ABDC9C

analogous

#AD9CDC #CD9CDC #DC9CCB

triadic

#CD9CDC #DCCD9C #9CDCCD

tetradic

#CD9CDC #DCAD9C #ABDC9C #9CCBDC

square

#CD9CDC #DCAD9C #ABDC9C #9CCBDC

split-complementary

#CD9CDC #CBDC9C #9CDCAD

monochromatic

#9F42BB #B66FCC #CD9CDC #E4C9EC #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CD9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CDC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CDC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.104 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e7',
    500: '#cd9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cdc;
$custom-light: #ddb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.938,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CDC

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BB2A4C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CDC

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

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