#CDB5EA#CDB5EA

#CDB5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.078 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB5EA
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(267, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 18.54, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 29.76, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% 0.0449 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.078 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5492, 51.9676, 84.8776)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB5EA #D2EAB5

analogous

#B5B8EA #CDB5EA #E8B5EA

triadic

#CDB5EA #EACDB5 #B5EACD

tetradic

#CDB5EA #EAB5B8 #D2EAB5 #B5EAE8

square

#CDB5EA #EAB5B8 #D2EAB5 #B5EAE8

split-complementary

#CDB5EA #EAE8B5 #B8EAB5

monochromatic

#8D56CF #AD85DC #CDB5EA #EDE5F8 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CDB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB5EA

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB5EA	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.078 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccbf0',
    500: '#cdb5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb5ea;
$custom-light: #dccbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81111,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB5EA

secondary

#A5C67D

accent

#C3227A

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB5EA

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

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