#CD9DCB#CD9DCB

#CD9DCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.084 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DCB
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(303, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(303, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 25.54, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 30.49, 326.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0709 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.084 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0122, 41.4062, 61.9514)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DCB #9DCD9F

analogous

#B79DCD #CD9DCB #CD9DB3

triadic

#CD9DCB #CBCD9D #9DCBCD

tetradic

#CD9DCB #CDB79D #9DCD9F #9DB3CD

square

#CD9DCB #CDB79D #9DCD9F #9DB3CD

split-complementary

#CD9DCB #B3CD9D #9DCDB7

monochromatic

#9F519B #B874B5 #CD9DCB #E2C6E1 #F5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD9DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CD9DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DCB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DCB	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.084 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbada',
    500: '#cd9dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9dcb;
$custom-light: #dcbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7553,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DCB

secondary

#DDE9DD

accent

#AB3F3A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DCB

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

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