#CD9CEC#CD9CEC

#CD9CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.123 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CEC
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 32.63, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 46.63, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0816 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.123 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2030, 42.8130, 84.8543)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CEC #BBEC9C

analogous

#A59CEC #CD9CEC #EC9CE3

triadic

#CD9CEC #ECCD9C #9CECCD

tetradic

#CD9CEC #ECA59C #BBEC9C #9CE3EC

square

#CD9CEC #ECA59C #BBEC9C #9CE3EC

split-complementary

#CD9CEC #E3EC9C #9CECA5

monochromatic

#9935D8 #B369E2 #CD9CEC #E7CFF6 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CD9CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CD9CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CEC

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CEC	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.123 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9f2',
    500: '#cd9cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cec;
$custom-light: #ddb9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CEC

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D0165E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CEC

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

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