#CDB8E1#CDB8E1

#CDB8E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.061 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB8E1
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(271, 18%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, 15.07, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 23.29, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.0377 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.061 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9055, 52.6966, 78.4458)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB8E1 #CCE1B8

analogous

#B8B8E1 #CDB8E1 #E1B8E0

triadic

#CDB8E1 #E1CDB8 #B8E1CD

tetradic

#CDB8E1 #E1B8B8 #CCE1B8 #B8E0E1

square

#CDB8E1 #E1B8B8 #CCE1B8 #B8E0E1

split-complementary

#CDB8E1 #E0E1B8 #B8E1B8

monochromatic

#9062BD #AF8DCF #CDB8E1 #EBE3F3 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDB8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CDB8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB8E1

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB8E1	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.061 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccdea',
    500: '#cdb8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb8e1;
$custom-light: #dccdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81348,
    "c": 0.06104,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB8E1

secondary

#9EBA83

accent

#B43271

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFD

border

#D5D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB8E1

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

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