#CFA5E5#CFA5E5

#CFA5E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.100 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA5E5
RGB	rgb(207, 165, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 27.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 26.88, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 37.67, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0689 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.1 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3278, 45.8336, 80.1510)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA5E5 #BBE5A5

analogous

#AFA5E5 #CFA5E5 #E5A5DB

triadic

#CFA5E5 #E5CFA5 #A5E5CF

tetradic

#CFA5E5 #E5AFA5 #BBE5A5 #A5DBE5

square

#CFA5E5 #E5AFA5 #BBE5A5 #A5DBE5

split-complementary

#CFA5E5 #DBE5A5 #A5E5AF

monochromatic

#9C46CA #B676D7 #CFA5E5 #E8D4F3 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CFA5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CFA5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA5E5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA5E5	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEADBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 165, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.100 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec0ed',
    500: '#cfa5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa5e5;
$custom-light: #dec0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78155,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA5E5

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C3235A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA5E5

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

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