#CD9DE2#CD9DE2

#CD9DE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.109 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DE2
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 30.02, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 41.10, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0776 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.109 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9592, 42.5850, 77.4720)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DE2 #B2E29D

analogous

#AA9DE2 #CD9DE2 #E29DD5

triadic

#CD9DE2 #E2CD9D #9DE2CD

tetradic

#CD9DE2 #E2AA9D #B2E29D #9DD5E2

square

#CD9DE2 #E2AA9D #B2E29D #9DD5E2

split-complementary

#CD9DE2 #D5E29D #9DE2AA

monochromatic

#9D3FC6 #B56ED4 #CD9DE2 #E5CCF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CD9DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CD9DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DE2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DE2	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.109 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaeb',
    500: '#cd9de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9de2;
$custom-light: #ddbaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7642,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DE2

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C22454

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DE2

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

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