#CDB4E9#CDB4E9

#CDB4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.078 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB4E9
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 18.88, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 29.88, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.046 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.078 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2033, 51.5051, 84.0556)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB4E9 #D0E9B4

analogous

#B4B5E9 #CDB4E9 #E7B4E9

triadic

#CDB4E9 #E9CDB4 #B4E9CD

tetradic

#CDB4E9 #E9B4B5 #D0E9B4 #B4E9E7

square

#CDB4E9 #E9B4B5 #D0E9B4 #B4E9E7

split-complementary

#CDB4E9 #E9E7B4 #B5E9B4

monochromatic

#8E55CD #AD85DB #CDB4E9 #EDE3F7 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CDB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB4E9

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB4E9	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.078 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccaf0',
    500: '#cdb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb4e9;
$custom-light: #dccaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80886,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB4E9

secondary

#A3C57C

accent

#C22377

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB4E9

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

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