#CDB8EA#CDB8EA

#CDB8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.073 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB8EA
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(265, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 16.91, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 27.87, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% 0.0406 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.073 304)
XYZ	xyz(57.1658, 53.2007, 85.0831)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB8EA #D5EAB8

analogous

#B8BCEA #CDB8EA #E6B8EA

triadic

#CDB8EA #EACDB8 #B8EACD

tetradic

#CDB8EA #EAB8BC #D5EAB8 #B8EAE6

square

#CDB8EA #EAB8BC #D5EAB8 #B8EAE6

split-complementary

#CDB8EA #EAE6B8 #BCEAB8

monochromatic

#8A5ACE #AC89DC #CDB8EA #EEE7F8 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB8EA

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB8EA	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.073 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccdf0',
    500: '#cdb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb8ea;
$custom-light: #dccdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.07266,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.53201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB8EA

secondary

#A9C680

accent

#C2247F

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#151316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB8EA

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

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