#CDB9CD#CDB9CD

#CDB9CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.035 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB9CD
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, 10.65, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 13.01, 324.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0293 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.035 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5437, 52.0854, 64.9786)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB9CD #B9CDB9

analogous

#C3B9CD #CDB9CD #CDB9C3

triadic

#CDB9CD #CDCDB9 #B9CDCD

tetradic

#CDB9CD #CDC3B9 #B9CDB9 #B9C3CD

square

#CDB9CD #CDC3B9 #B9CDB9 #B9C3CD

split-complementary

#CDB9CD #C3CDB9 #B9CDC3

monochromatic

#9A729A #B495B4 #CDB9CD #E7DDE7 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB9CD

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB9CD	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.035 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccedc',
    500: '#cdb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb9cd;
$custom-light: #dccedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80863,
    "c": 0.0354,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB9CD

secondary

#89A189

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#151315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB9CD

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

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