#CD9DCD#CD9DCD

#CD9DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.086 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DCD
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 25.91, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 31.36, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0715 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.086 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2521, 41.5022, 63.2147)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DCD #9DCD9D

analogous

#B59DCD #CD9DCD #CD9DB5

triadic

#CD9DCD #CDCD9D #9DCDCD

tetradic

#CD9DCD #CDB59D #9DCD9D #9DB5CD

square

#CD9DCD #CDB59D #9DCD9D #9DB5CD

split-complementary

#CD9DCD #B5CD9D #9DCDB5

monochromatic

#9F519F #B874B8 #CD9DCD #E2C6E2 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CD9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#CD9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DCD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DCD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.086 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbadc',
    500: '#cd9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9dcd;
$custom-light: #dcbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75603,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DCD

secondary

#DDE9DD

accent

#AB3A3A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DCD

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

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