#CDA8E4#CDA8E4

#CDA8E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.092 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA8E4
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 24.41, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 35.01, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.062 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.092 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1807, 46.5865, 79.5743)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA8E4 #BFE4A8

analogous

#AFA8E4 #CDA8E4 #E4A8DD

triadic

#CDA8E4 #E4CDA8 #A8E4CD

tetradic

#CDA8E4 #E4AFA8 #BFE4A8 #A8DDE4

square

#CDA8E4 #E4AFA8 #BFE4A8 #A8DDE4

split-complementary

#CDA8E4 #DDE4A8 #A8E4AF

monochromatic

#974BC7 #B279D6 #CDA8E4 #E8D7F2 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDA8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#CDA8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA8E4

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA8E4	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.092 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc2ec',
    500: '#cda8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda8e4;
$custom-light: #dcc2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA8E4

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C02561

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA8E4

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

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