#CDBCD9#CDBCD9

#CDBCD9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.044 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBCD9
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 11.32, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 16.73, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% 0.0292 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.044 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6823, 53.9556, 73.1132)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBCD9 #C8D9BC

analogous

#BFBCD9 #CDBCD9 #D9BCD7

triadic

#CDBCD9 #D9CDBC #BCD9CD

tetradic

#CDBCD9 #D9BFBC #C8D9BC #BCD7D9

square

#CDBCD9 #D9BFBC #C8D9BC #BCD7D9

split-complementary

#CDBCD9 #D7D9BC #BCD9BF

monochromatic

#936EAD #B095C3 #CDBCD9 #EAE3EF #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBCD9

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBCD9	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.044 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0e4',
    500: '#cdbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbcd9;
$custom-light: #dcd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8184,
    "c": 0.04408,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBCD9

secondary

#99B08A

accent

#A63F6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBCD9

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

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