#CDB8E2#CDB8E2

#CDB8E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.062 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB8E2
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(270, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 15.27, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 23.79, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.038 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.062 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0423, 52.7514, 79.1664)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB8E2 #CDE2B8

analogous

#B8B8E2 #CDB8E2 #E2B8E2

triadic

#CDB8E2 #E2CDB8 #B8E2CD

tetradic

#CDB8E2 #E2B8B8 #CDE2B8 #B8E2E2

square

#CDB8E2 #E2B8B8 #CDE2B8 #B8E2E2

split-complementary

#CDB8E2 #E2E2B8 #B8E2B8

monochromatic

#9061BF #AE8DD0 #CDB8E2 #ECE3F4 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB8E2

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB8E2	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.062 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccdeb',
    500: '#cdb8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb8e2;
$custom-light: #dccdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 42,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81384,
    "c": 0.06231,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB8E2

secondary

#9FBB83

accent

#B53073

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFD

border

#D5D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB8E2

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

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