#CD9EE3#CD9EE3

#CD9EE3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.109 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EE3
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 29.67, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 40.95, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0764 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.109 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2667, 42.9798, 78.2534)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EE3 #B4E39E

analogous

#AA9EE3 #CD9EE3 #E39ED6

triadic

#CD9EE3 #E3CD9E #9EE3CD

tetradic

#CD9EE3 #E3AA9E #B4E39E #9ED6E3

square

#CD9EE3 #E3AA9E #B4E39E #9ED6E3

split-complementary

#CD9EE3 #D6E39E #9EE3AA

monochromatic

#9C3FC8 #B56FD5 #CD9EE3 #E5CDF1 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CD9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CD9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EE3

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EE3	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.109 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbbec',
    500: '#cd9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ee3;
$custom-light: #ddbbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EE3

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C32356

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EE3

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

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