#CD9DE3#CD9DE3

#CD9DE3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DE3
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 30.22, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 41.59, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0779 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.11 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0968, 42.6400, 78.1968)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DE3 #B3E39D

analogous

#AA9DE3 #CD9DE3 #E39DD6

triadic

#CD9DE3 #E3CD9D #9DE3CD

tetradic

#CD9DE3 #E3AA9D #B3E39D #9DD6E3

square

#CD9DE3 #E3AA9D #B3E39D #9DD6E3

split-complementary

#CD9DE3 #D6E39D #9DE3AA

monochromatic

#9C3EC8 #B56DD5 #CD9DE3 #E5CDF1 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CD9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#CD9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DE3

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DE3	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaec',
    500: '#cd9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9de3;
$custom-light: #ddbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76461,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DE3

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C32255

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DE3

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

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