#CD9CEB#CD9CEB

#CD9CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CEB
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 32.42, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 46.14, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0813 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.121 312)
XYZ	xyz(52.0582, 42.7550, 84.0913)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CEB #BAEB9C

analogous

#A69CEB #CD9CEB #EB9CE2

triadic

#CD9CEB #EBCD9C #9CEBCD

tetradic

#CD9CEB #EBA69C #BAEB9C #9CE2EB

square

#CD9CEB #EBA69C #BAEB9C #9CE2EB

split-complementary

#CD9CEB #E2EB9C #9CEBA6

monochromatic

#9A36D6 #B369E1 #CD9CEB #E7CFF5 #F2E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CD9CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CD9CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CEB

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CEB	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9f1',
    500: '#cd9ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ceb;
$custom-light: #ddb9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.42754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CEB

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CE175D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CEB

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

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