#CDB9CB#CDB9CB

#CDB9CB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.033 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB9CB
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(306, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(306, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 10.28, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 12.15, 327.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% 0.0286 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.033 329)
XYZ	xyz(53.3038, 51.9895, 63.7153)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB9CB #B9CDBB

analogous

#C5B9CD #CDB9CB #CDB9C1

triadic

#CDB9CB #CBCDB9 #B9CBCD

tetradic

#CDB9CB #CDC5B9 #B9CDBB #B9C1CD

square

#CDB9CB #CDC5B9 #B9CDBB #B9C1CD

split-complementary

#CDB9CB #C1CDB9 #B9CDC5

monochromatic

#9A7296 #B495B0 #CDB9CB #E7DDE6 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB9CB

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB9CB	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.033 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcceda',
    500: '#cdb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb9cb;
$custom-light: #dcceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80799,
    "c": 0.03334,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.51989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB9CB

secondary

#89A18B

accent

#9B534B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFB

border

#D5D3D4

text

#151314

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB9CB

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

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