#CD9FE5#CD9FE5

#CD9FE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.109 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9FE5
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 29.54, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 41.28, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0755 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.109 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7155, 43.4334, 79.7727)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9FE5 #B7E59F

analogous

#AA9FE5 #CD9FE5 #E59FDA

triadic

#CD9FE5 #E5CD9F #9FE5CD

tetradic

#CD9FE5 #E5AA9F #B7E59F #9FDAE5

square

#CD9FE5 #E5AA9F #B7E59F #9FDAE5

split-complementary

#CD9FE5 #DAE59F #9FE5AA

monochromatic

#9B3FCB #B46FD8 #CD9FE5 #E6CFF2 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CD9FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CD9FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9FE5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9FE5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.109 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbced',
    500: '#cd9fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9fe5;
$custom-light: #ddbced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76896,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9FE5

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C52159

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9FE5

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

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