#CD9EDD#CD9EDD

#CD9EDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.102 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EDD
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 28.46, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 38.06, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0748 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.102 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4529, 42.6543, 73.9679)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EDD #AEDD9E

analogous

#AE9EDD #CD9EDD #DD9ECE

triadic

#CD9EDD #DDCD9E #9EDDCD

tetradic

#CD9EDD #DDAE9E #AEDD9E #9ECEDD

square

#CD9EDD #DDAE9E #AEDD9E #9ECEDD

split-complementary

#CD9EDD #CEDD9E #9EDDAE

monochromatic

#9E43BD #B671CD #CD9EDD #E4CBED #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CD9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#CD9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EDD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EDD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.102 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbbe7',
    500: '#cd9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9edd;
$custom-light: #ddbbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.762,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76395,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EDD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BB2A4F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EDD

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

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