#CD9DEC#CD9DEC

#CD9DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DEC
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(276, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 32.08, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 45.99, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% 0.0801 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.121 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3715, 43.1499, 84.9105)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DEC #BCEC9D

analogous

#A69DEC #CD9DEC #EC9DE3

triadic

#CD9DEC #ECCD9D #9DECCD

tetradic

#CD9DEC #ECA69D #BCEC9D #9DE3EC

square

#CD9DEC #ECA69D #BCEC9D #9DE3EC

split-complementary

#CD9DEC #E3EC9D #9DECA6

monochromatic

#9936D8 #B36AE2 #CD9DEC #E7D0F6 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CD9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CD9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DEC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DEC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaf2',
    500: '#cd9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9dec;
$custom-light: #ddbaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.456,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76839,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DEC

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#CF165F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DEC

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

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