#CDB9EC#CDB9EC

#CDB9EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.074 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB9EC
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(264, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 16.78, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 28.28, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.0398 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.074 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6632, 53.7332, 86.6743)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB9EC #D8ECB9

analogous

#B9BFEC #CDB9EC #E6B9EC

triadic

#CDB9EC #ECCDB9 #B9ECCD

tetradic

#CDB9EC #ECB9BF #D8ECB9 #B9ECE6

square

#CDB9EC #ECB9BF #D8ECB9 #B9ECE6

split-complementary

#CDB9EC #ECE6B9 #BFECB9

monochromatic

#8859D2 #AB89DF #CDB9EC #EEE7F8 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB9EC

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB9EC	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.074 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccef2',
    500: '#cdb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb9ec;
$custom-light: #dccef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81941,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB9EC

secondary

#ACC980

accent

#C52184

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB9EC

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

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