#CD9DEB#CD9DEB

#CD9DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9DEB
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 31.87, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 45.50, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0799 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.12 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2266, 43.0920, 84.1474)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9DEB #BBEB9D

analogous

#A69DEB #CD9DEB #EB9DE2

triadic

#CD9DEB #EBCD9D #9DEBCD

tetradic

#CD9DEB #EBA69D #BBEB9D #9DE2EB

square

#CD9DEB #EBA69D #BBEB9D #9DE2EB

split-complementary

#CD9DEB #E2EB9D #9DEBA6

monochromatic

#9937D6 #B36AE1 #CD9DEB #E7D0F5 #F2E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CD9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CD9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9DEB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9DEB	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaf1',
    500: '#cd9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9deb;
$custom-light: #ddbaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76796,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9DEB

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CE185E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9DEB

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

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