#CD9CF9#CD9CF9

#CD9CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CF9
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(272, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 35.40, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 53.09, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0845 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.138 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1609, 43.5961, 95.1658)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CF9 #C8F99C

analogous

#9F9CF9 #CD9CF9 #F99CF6

triadic

#CD9CF9 #F9CD9C #9CF9CD

tetradic

#CD9CF9 #F99F9C #C8F99C #9CF6F9

square

#CD9CF9 #F99F9C #C8F99C #9CF6F9

split-complementary

#CD9CF9 #F6F99C #9CF99F

monochromatic

#9329F2 #B062F6 #CD9CF9 #EAD6FC #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CD9CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CD9CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CF9

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CF9	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbafb',
    500: '#cd9cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9cf9;
$custom-light: #ddbafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CF9

secondary

#E5F5D6

accent

#E5006D

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CF9

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

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