#CD9EE5#CD9EE5

#CD9EE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.111 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EE5
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 30.08, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 41.92, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0769 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.111 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5443, 43.0909, 79.7156)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EE5 #B6E59E

analogous

#A99EE5 #CD9EE5 #E59ED9

triadic

#CD9EE5 #E5CD9E #9EE5CD

tetradic

#CD9EE5 #E5A99E #B6E59E #9ED9E5

square

#CD9EE5 #E5A99E #B6E59E #9ED9E5

split-complementary

#CD9EE5 #D9E59E #9EE5A9

monochromatic

#9B3DCB #B46ED8 #CD9EE5 #E6CEF2 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CD9EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CD9EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EE5

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EE5	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.111 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbbed',
    500: '#cd9ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ee5;
$custom-light: #ddbbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7672,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EE5

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C52058

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EE5

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

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