#CDB4E6#CDB4E6

#CDB4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.074 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB4E6
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(270, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 18.26, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 28.35, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0451 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.074 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7784, 51.3351, 81.8177)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB4E6 #CDE6B4

analogous

#B4B4E6 #CDB4E6 #E6B4E6

triadic

#CDB4E6 #E6CDB4 #B4E6CD

tetradic

#CDB4E6 #E6B4B4 #CDE6B4 #B4E6E6

square

#CDB4E6 #E6B4B4 #CDE6B4 #B4E6E6

split-complementary

#CDB4E6 #E6E6B4 #B4E6B4

monochromatic

#9058C7 #AE86D7 #CDB4E6 #ECE2F5 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CDB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB4E6

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB4E6	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.074 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccaee',
    500: '#cdb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb4e6;
$custom-light: #dccaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80773,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB4E6

secondary

#9FC17E

accent

#BD2873

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB4E6

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

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