#CDBCD5#CDBCD5

#CDBCD5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.039 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBCD5
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(281, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(281, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 10.55, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 14.77, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% 0.0278 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.039 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1684, 53.7501, 70.4064)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBCD5 #C4D5BC

analogous

#C0BCD5 #CDBCD5 #D5BCD0

triadic

#CDBCD5 #D5CDBC #BCD5CD

tetradic

#CDBCD5 #D5C0BC #C4D5BC #BCD0D5

square

#CDBCD5 #D5C0BC #C4D5BC #BCD0D5

split-complementary

#CDBCD5 #D0D5BC #BCD5C0

monochromatic

#9571A6 #B196BD #CDBCD5 #E9E2ED #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBCD5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBCD5	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)

#B9C1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.039 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0e1',
    500: '#cdbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbcd5;
$custom-light: #dcd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81706,
    "c": 0.03917,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBCD5

secondary

#95AB8A

accent

#A14462

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBCD5

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

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