#CDB4E5#CDB4E5

#CDB4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.073 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB4E5
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, 18.06, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 27.84, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% 0.0448 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.073 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6384, 51.2791, 81.0803)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB4E5 #CCE5B4

analogous

#B4B4E5 #CDB4E5 #E5B4E5

triadic

#CDB4E5 #E5CDB4 #B4E5CD

tetradic

#CDB4E5 #E5B4B4 #CCE5B4 #B4E5E5

square

#CDB4E5 #E5B4B4 #CCE5B4 #B4E5E5

split-complementary

#CDB4E5 #E5E5B4 #B4E5B4

monochromatic

#9059C5 #AF87D5 #CDB4E5 #EBE1F5 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CDB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB4E5

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB4E5	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.073 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccaed',
    500: '#cdb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb4e5;
$custom-light: #dccaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.07294,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB4E5

secondary

#9EBF7E

accent

#BC2A71

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FD

border

#D5D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB4E5

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

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