#CD9EE4#CD9EE4

#CD9EE4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EE4
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 29.88, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 41.43, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0767 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.11 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4051, 43.0352, 78.9824)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EE4 #B5E49E

analogous

#AA9EE4 #CD9EE4 #E49ED8

triadic

#CD9EE4 #E4CD9E #9EE4CD

tetradic

#CD9EE4 #E4AA9E #B5E49E #9ED8E4

square

#CD9EE4 #E4AA9E #B5E49E #9ED8E4

split-complementary

#CD9EE4 #D8E49E #9EE4AA

monochromatic

#9C3EC9 #B46ED7 #CD9EE4 #E6CEF1 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CD9EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CD9EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EE4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EE4	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbbec',
    500: '#cd9ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ee4;
$custom-light: #ddbbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EE4

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C42157

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EE4

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

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