#CD9EDA#CD9EDA

#CD9EDA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.098 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EDA
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 218)
HSL	hsl(287, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(287, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 27.87, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 36.64, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0739 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.098 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0568, 42.4959, 71.8817)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EDA #ABDA9E

analogous

#AF9EDA #CD9EDA #DA9EC9

triadic

#CD9EDA #DACD9E #9EDACD

tetradic

#CD9EDA #DAAF9E #ABDA9E #9EC9DA

square

#CD9EDA #DAAF9E #ABDA9E #9EC9DA

split-complementary

#CD9EDA #C9DA9E #9EDAAF

monochromatic

#9F46B8 #B672C9 #CD9EDA #E4CAEB #F4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CD9EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CD9EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EDA

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EDA	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.098 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbbe5',
    500: '#cd9eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9eda;
$custom-light: #ddbbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76277,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EDA

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B82E4C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151215

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EDA

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

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