#CD9CEA#CD9CEA

#CD9CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CEA
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 234)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 32.21, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 45.64, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0811 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.12 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9141, 42.6974, 83.3325)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CEA #B9EA9C

analogous

#A69CEA #CD9CEA #EA9CE0

triadic

#CD9CEA #EACD9C #9CEACD

tetradic

#CD9CEA #EAA69C #B9EA9C #9CE0EA

square

#CD9CEA #EAA69C #B9EA9C #9CE0EA

split-complementary

#CD9CEA #E0EA9C #9CEAA6

monochromatic

#9A37D5 #B46ADF #CD9CEA #E7CEF5 #F2E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CD9CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CD9CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CEA

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CEA	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9f1',
    500: '#cd9cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cea;
$custom-light: #ddb9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76579,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CEA

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CD195C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CEA

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

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