#CD9DEA#CD9DEA

#CD9DEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DEA
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 234)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 31.66, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 45.01, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0796 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.119 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0826, 43.0344, 83.3887)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DEA #BAEA9D

analogous

#A79DEA #CD9DEA #EA9DE0

triadic

#CD9DEA #EACD9D #9DEACD

tetradic

#CD9DEA #EAA79D #BAEA9D #9DE0EA

square

#CD9DEA #EAA79D #BAEA9D #9DE0EA

split-complementary

#CD9DEA #E0EA9D #9DEAA7

monochromatic

#9A38D4 #B36BDF #CD9DEA #E7CFF5 #F2E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CD9DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CD9DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DEA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DEA	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaf1',
    500: '#cd9dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9dea;
$custom-light: #ddbaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76754,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DEA

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CD195D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DEA

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

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