#CE8AEE#CE8AEE

#CE8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.156 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8AEE
RGB	rgb(206, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 43.08, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 58.99, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.1088 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.156 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9722, 37.4730, 85.4729)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8AEE #AAEE8A

analogous

#9C8AEE #CE8AEE #EE8ADC

triadic

#CE8AEE #EECE8A #8AEECE

tetradic

#CE8AEE #EE9C8A #AAEE8A #8ADCEE

square

#CE8AEE #EE9C8A #AAEE8A #8ADCEE

split-complementary

#CE8AEE #DCEE8A #8AEE9C

monochromatic

#A120DD #B855E6 #CE8AEE #E4BFF6 #F4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CE8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8AEE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8AEE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC98B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.156 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deadf4',
    500: '#ce8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8aee;
$custom-light: #deadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8AEE

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D70F4F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8AEE

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

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