#CD9DE5#CD9DE5

#CD9DE5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DE5
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 30.63, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 42.56, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0784 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.113 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3744, 42.7511, 79.6590)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DE5 #B5E59D

analogous

#A99DE5 #CD9DE5 #E59DD9

triadic

#CD9DE5 #E5CD9D #9DE5CD

tetradic

#CD9DE5 #E5A99D #B5E59D #9DD9E5

square

#CD9DE5 #E5A99D #B5E59D #9DD9E5

split-complementary

#CD9DE5 #D9E59D #9DE5A9

monochromatic

#9C3CCB #B46DD8 #CD9DE5 #E6CDF2 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CD9DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CD9DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DE5

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DE5	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaed',
    500: '#cd9de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9de5;
$custom-light: #ddbaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76544,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DE5

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C62057

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DE5

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

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