#CD9DDD#CD9DDD

#CD9DDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DDD
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 29.01, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 38.70, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0762 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.103 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2831, 42.3146, 73.9113)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DDD #ADDD9D

analogous

#AD9DDD #CD9DDD #DD9DCD

triadic

#CD9DDD #DDCD9D #9DDDCD

tetradic

#CD9DDD #DDAD9D #ADDD9D #9DCDDD

square

#CD9DDD #DDAD9D #ADDD9D #9DCDDD

split-complementary

#CD9DDD #CDDD9D #9DDDAD

monochromatic

#9F42BD #B670CD #CD9DDD #E4CAED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CD9DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CD9DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DDD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DDD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbae7',
    500: '#cd9ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ddd;
$custom-light: #ddbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DDD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BC2A4E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DDD

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

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