#CD9CE2#CD9CE2

#CD9CE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CE2
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 30.56, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 41.75, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0791 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.111 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7907, 42.2480, 77.4158)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CE2 #B1E29C

analogous

#AA9CE2 #CD9CE2 #E29CD4

triadic

#CD9CE2 #E2CD9C #9CE2CD

tetradic

#CD9CE2 #E2AA9C #B1E29C #9CD4E2

square

#CD9CE2 #E2AA9C #B1E29C #9CD4E2

split-complementary

#CD9CE2 #D4E29C #9CE2AA

monochromatic

#9D3DC6 #B56DD4 #CD9CE2 #E5CBF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CD9CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CD9CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CE2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CE2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9eb',
    500: '#cd9ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ce2;
$custom-light: #ddb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76244,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CE2

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C22353

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CE2

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

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