#CDB3E4#CDB3E4

#CDB3E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.073 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB3E4
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(272, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 18.40, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 27.98, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0459 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.073 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2980, 50.8211, 80.2800)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB3E4 #CAE4B3

analogous

#B5B3E4 #CDB3E4 #E4B3E2

triadic

#CDB3E4 #E4CDB3 #B3E4CD

tetradic

#CDB3E4 #E4B5B3 #CAE4B3 #B3E2E4

square

#CDB3E4 #E4B5B3 #CAE4B3 #B3E2E4

split-complementary

#CDB3E4 #E2E4B3 #B3E4B5

monochromatic

#9259C4 #AF86D4 #CDB3E4 #EBE0F4 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDB3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CDB3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB3E4

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB3E4	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.073 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc9ec',
    500: '#cdb3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb3e4;
$custom-light: #dcc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 47.573,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8051,
    "c": 0.07337,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB3E4

secondary

#9CBE7D

accent

#BB2B6E

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FD

border

#D5D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB3E4

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

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