#CDB8EE#CDB8EE

#CDB8EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.078 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB8EE
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(263, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 17.75, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 29.93, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0418 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.078 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7469, 53.4332, 88.1437)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB8EE #D9EEB8

analogous

#B8BEEE #CDB8EE #E8B8EE

triadic

#CDB8EE #EECDB8 #B8EECD

tetradic

#CDB8EE #EEB8BE #D9EEB8 #B8EEE8

square

#CDB8EE #EEB8BE #D9EEB8 #B8EEE8

split-complementary

#CDB8EE #EEE8B8 #BEEEB8

monochromatic

#8755D6 #AA87E2 #CDB8EE #EEE6F9 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CDB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB8EE

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB8EE	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.078 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccdf3',
    500: '#cdb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb8ee;
$custom-light: #dccdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81828,
    "c": 0.0779,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB8EE

secondary

#AECC7E

accent

#C91C86

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB8EE

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

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