#CD9CDF#CD9CDF

#CD9CDF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.107 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CDF
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 223)
HSL	hsl(284, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(284, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 30%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 29.96, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 40.30, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0783 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.107 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3826, 42.0848, 75.2668)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CDF #AEDF9C

analogous

#AC9CDF #CD9CDF #DF9CD0

triadic

#CD9CDF #DFCD9C #9CDFCD

tetradic

#CD9CDF #DFAC9C #AEDF9C #9CD0DF

square

#CD9CDF #DFAC9C #AEDF9C #9CD0DF

split-complementary

#CD9CDF #D0DF9C #9CDFAC

monochromatic

#9E40C1 #B66ED0 #CD9CDF #E4CAEE #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CD9CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CDF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CDF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.107 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9e9',
    500: '#cd9cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cdf;
$custom-light: #ddb9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76121,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CDF

secondary

#E1EFDC

accent

#BF2750

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CDF

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

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