#CD9CEE#CD9CEE

#CD9CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CEE
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(276, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 33.05, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 47.62, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.082 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.125 311)
XYZ	xyz(52.4952, 42.9298, 86.3932)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CEE #BDEE9C

analogous

#A49CEE #CD9CEE #EE9CE6

triadic

#CD9CEE #EECD9C #9CEECD

tetradic

#CD9CEE #EEA49C #BDEE9C #9CE6EE

square

#CD9CEE #EEA49C #BDEE9C #9CE6EE

split-complementary

#CD9CEE #E6EE9C #9CEEA4

monochromatic

#9834DC #B368E5 #CD9CEE #E7D0F7 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CD9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CD9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CEE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CEE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9f3',
    500: '#cd9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cee;
$custom-light: #ddb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.854,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CEE

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D31360

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CEE

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

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