#CD9DF5#CD9DF5

#CD9DF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.132 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DF5
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 245)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 35.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 33.99, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 50.47, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0822 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.132 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.7122, 43.6862, 91.9712)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DF5 #C5F59D

analogous

#A19DF5 #CD9DF5 #F59DF1

triadic

#CD9DF5 #F5CD9D #9DF5CD

tetradic

#CD9DF5 #F5A19D #C5F59D #9DF1F5

square

#CD9DF5 #F5A19D #C5F59D #9DF1F5

split-complementary

#CD9DF5 #F1F59D #9DF5A1

monochromatic

#942EEA #B165EF #CD9DF5 #E9D5FB #F1E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CD9DF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CD9DF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DF5

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DF5	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAEF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9df5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.132 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaf8',
    500: '#cd9df5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9df5;
$custom-light: #ddbaf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9df5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DF5

secondary

#E4F4D7

accent

#DE0869

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DF5

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

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