#CD9BE7#CD9BE7

#CD9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9BE7
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 32.13, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 44.81, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0818 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.118 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3197, 42.1922, 81.0262)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9BE7 #B5E79B

analogous

#A79BE7 #CD9BE7 #E79BDB

triadic

#CD9BE7 #E7CD9B #9BE7CD

tetradic

#CD9BE7 #E7A79B #B5E79B #9BDBE7

square

#CD9BE7 #E7A79B #B5E79B #9BDBE7

split-complementary

#CD9BE7 #DBE79B #9BE7A7

monochromatic

#9C38CF #B46ADB #CD9BE7 #E6CCF3 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CD9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CD9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9BE7

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9BE7	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ef',
    500: '#cd9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9be7;
$custom-light: #ddb9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9BE7

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C91D58

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9BE7

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

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