#CDB4E8#CDB4E8

#CDB4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.077 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB4E8
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(269, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 18.67, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 29.37, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0457 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.077 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0609, 51.4481, 83.3054)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB4E8 #CFE8B4

analogous

#B4B5E8 #CDB4E8 #E7B4E8

triadic

#CDB4E8 #E8CDB4 #B4E8CD

tetradic

#CDB4E8 #E8B4B5 #CFE8B4 #B4E8E7

square

#CDB4E8 #E8B4B5 #CFE8B4 #B4E8E7

split-complementary

#CDB4E8 #E8E7B4 #B5E8B4

monochromatic

#8F56CB #AE85DA #CDB4E8 #ECE3F6 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CDB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB4E8

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB4E8	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.077 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccaef',
    500: '#cdb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb4e8;
$custom-light: #dccaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80848,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB4E8

secondary

#A1C37D

accent

#C02576

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB4E8

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

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