#CDB9DC#CDB9DC

#CDB9DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.053 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB9DC
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(274, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 13.53, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 20.14, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.0346 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.053 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4419, 52.8447, 74.9756)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB9DC #C8DCB9

analogous

#BCB9DC #CDB9DC #DCB9DA

triadic

#CDB9DC #DCCDB9 #B9DCCD

tetradic

#CDB9DC #DCBCB9 #C8DCB9 #B9DADC

square

#CDB9DC #DCBCB9 #C8DCB9 #B9DADC

split-complementary

#CDB9DC #DADCB9 #B9DCBC

monochromatic

#9367B3 #B090C8 #CDB9DC #EAE2F0 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB9DC

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB9DC	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.053 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccee6',
    500: '#cdb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb9dc;
$custom-light: #dccee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.05301,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB9DC

secondary

#99B486

accent

#AC396B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB9DC

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

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