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#cd8ce4

a light, vivid violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
205, 140, 228
HSL
284°, 62%, 72%
CMYK
10, 39, 0, 11
Luminance
0.3734

Every format

HEX#cd8ce4
RGBrgb(205, 140, 228)
HSLhsl(284, 62%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 39%, 0%, 11%)
LABlab(67.5 39.7 -35.0)
LCHlch(67.5 52.9 318.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.736 0.141 316.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #cd8ce4;
background-color: #cd8ce4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cd8ce4] bg-[#cd8ce4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cd8ce4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.804, green: 0.549, blue: 0.894)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#cd8ce4")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#cd8ce4 on white: 2.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cd8ce4 on black: 8.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red80.4%
Green54.9%
Blue89.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.1%
Magenta38.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)10.6%

Color previews

#cd8ce4 text on a black background

contrast 8.47:1

Card sample

#cd8ce4 text on a white background

contrast 2.48:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cd8ce4;
Background color
Panel with #cd8ce4 background
background-color: #cd8ce4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cd8ce4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(205, 140, 228, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(205, 140, 228, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cd8ce4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd8ce4, #E48CC0);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cd8ce4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #cd8ce4 in the Color Lab