#CD9CDE#CD9CDE

#CD9CDE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.106 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CDE
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 29.76, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 39.83, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.078 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.106 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2482, 42.0310, 74.5589)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CDE #ADDE9C

analogous

#AC9CDE #CD9CDE #DE9CCE

triadic

#CD9CDE #DECD9C #9CDECD

tetradic

#CD9CDE #DEAC9C #ADDE9C #9CCEDE

square

#CD9CDE #DEAC9C #ADDE9C #9CCEDE

split-complementary

#CD9CDE #CEDE9C #9CDEAC

monochromatic

#9F40BF #B66ECF #CD9CDE #E4CAED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CD9CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CDE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CDE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.106 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e8',
    500: '#cd9cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cde;
$custom-light: #ddb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76081,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CDE

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD284F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CDE

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

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