#CDA9E3#CDA9E3

#CDA9E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.089 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA9E3
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 23.65, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 33.88, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0603 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.089 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2276, 46.9018, 78.9070)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA9E3 #BFE3A9

analogous

#B0A9E3 #CDA9E3 #E3A9DC

triadic

#CDA9E3 #E3CDA9 #A9E3CD

tetradic

#CDA9E3 #E3B0A9 #BFE3A9 #A9DCE3

square

#CDA9E3 #E3B0A9 #BFE3A9 #A9DCE3

split-complementary

#CDA9E3 #DCE3A9 #A9E3B0

monochromatic

#974DC5 #B27BD4 #CDA9E3 #E8D7F2 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDA9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CDA9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA9E3

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA9E3	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.089 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc2ec',
    500: '#cda9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda9e3;
$custom-light: #dcc2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78617,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA9E3

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#BE2761

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA9E3

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

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