#CDBDCD#CDBDCD

#CDBDCD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.028 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDCD
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 8.50, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 10.39, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% 0.0234 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.028 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3923, 53.7826, 65.2614)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDCD #BDCDBD

analogous

#C5BDCD #CDBDCD #CDBDC5

triadic

#CDBDCD #CDCDBD #BDCDCD

tetradic

#CDBDCD #CDC5BD #BDCDBD #BDC5CD

square

#CDBDCD #CDC5BD #BDCDBD #BDC5CD

split-complementary

#CDBDCD #C5CDBD #BDCDC5

monochromatic

#987798 #B39AB3 #CDBDCD #E7E0E7 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDCD

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDCD	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.028 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0dc',
    500: '#cdbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbdcd;
$custom-light: #dcd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.02826,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDCD

secondary

#8DA18D

accent

#984E4E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDCD

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

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