#CD9DD7#CD9DD7

#CD9DD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DD7
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 215)
HSL	hsl(290, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 27%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 27.83, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 35.88, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0745 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.097 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4979, 42.0005, 69.7762)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DD7 #A7D79D

analogous

#B09DD7 #CD9DD7 #D79DC4

triadic

#CD9DD7 #D7CD9D #9DD7CD

tetradic

#CD9DD7 #D7B09D #A7D79D #9DC4D7

square

#CD9DD7 #D7B09D #A7D79D #9DC4D7

split-complementary

#CD9DD7 #C4D79D #9DD7B0

monochromatic

#9F48B1 #B772C5 #CD9DD7 #E3C8E9 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CD9DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DD7

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DD7	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbae3',
    500: '#cd9dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9dd7;
$custom-light: #ddbae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75981,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DD7

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B53047

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DD7

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

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