#CD9DC6#CD9DC6

#CD9DC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.079 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DC6
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(309, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(309, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 24.61, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 28.39, 330.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0693 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.079 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4260, 41.1717, 58.8638)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DC6 #9DCDA4

analogous

#BC9DCD #CD9DC6 #CD9DAE

triadic

#CD9DC6 #C6CD9D #9DC6CD

tetradic

#CD9DC6 #CDBC9D #9DCDA4 #9DAECD

square

#CD9DC6 #CDBC9D #9DCDA4 #9DAECD

split-complementary

#CD9DC6 #AECD9D #9DCDBC

monochromatic

#9F5193 #B874AE #CD9DC6 #E2C6DE #F5EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CD9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CD9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DC6

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DC6	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.079 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbad7',
    500: '#cd9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9dc6;
$custom-light: #dcbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7535,
    "c": 0.07895,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DC6

secondary

#DDE9DE

accent

#AB4B3A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DC6

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

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