#CD9CDD#CD9CDD

#CD9CDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.105 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CDD
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 29.56, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 39.35, 318.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0777 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.105 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1146, 41.9776, 73.8551)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CDD #ACDD9C

analogous

#AD9CDD #CD9CDD #DD9CCD

triadic

#CD9CDD #DDCD9C #9CDDCD

tetradic

#CD9CDD #DDAD9C #ACDD9C #9CCDDD

square

#CD9CDD #DDAD9C #ACDD9C #9CCDDD

split-complementary

#CD9CDD #CDDD9C #9CDDAD

monochromatic

#9F41BE #B66ECD #CD9CDD #E4CAED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CD9CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CD9CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CDD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CDD	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.105 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e7',
    500: '#cd9cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cdd;
$custom-light: #ddb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.231,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76041,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CDD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BC294D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CDD

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

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