#CDB5DF#CDB5DF

#CDB5DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.064 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB5DF
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(274, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 16.30, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 24.19, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0414 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.064 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0177, 51.3550, 76.8118)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB5DF #C7DFB5

analogous

#B8B5DF #CDB5DF #DFB5DC

triadic

#CDB5DF #DFCDB5 #B5DFCD

tetradic

#CDB5DF #DFB8B5 #C7DFB5 #B5DCDF

square

#CDB5DF #DFB8B5 #C7DFB5 #B5DCDF

split-complementary

#CDB5DF #DCDFB5 #B5DFB8

monochromatic

#9360BA #B08ACD #CDB5DF #EAE0F1 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CDB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB5DF

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB5DF	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)

#AFBDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.064 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccbe9',
    500: '#cdb5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb5df;
$custom-light: #dccbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80705,
    "c": 0.06366,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB5DF

secondary

#98B881

accent

#B3336A

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FC

border

#D5D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB5DF

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

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