#CDB4E7#CDB4E7

#CDB4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.075 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB4E7
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(269, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, 18.47, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 28.86, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0454 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.075 307)
XYZ	xyz(55.9193, 51.3914, 82.5594)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB4E7 #CEE7B4

analogous

#B4B4E7 #CDB4E7 #E6B4E7

triadic

#CDB4E7 #E7CDB4 #B4E7CD

tetradic

#CDB4E7 #E7B4B4 #CEE7B4 #B4E7E6

square

#CDB4E7 #E7B4B4 #CEE7B4 #B4E7E6

split-complementary

#CDB4E7 #E7E6B4 #B4E7B4

monochromatic

#8F57C9 #AE86D8 #CDB4E7 #ECE2F6 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CDB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB4E7

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB4E7	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.075 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccaee',
    500: '#cdb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb4e7;
$custom-light: #dccaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8081,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.51391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB4E7

secondary

#A0C27D

accent

#BF2774

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB4E7

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

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