#CDBDD4#CDBDD4

#CDBDD4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.036 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDD4
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 21%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(282, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, 9.82, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 13.64, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% 0.0259 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.036 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2562, 54.1282, 69.8114)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDD4 #C4D4BD

analogous

#C1BDD4 #CDBDD4 #D4BDCF

triadic

#CDBDD4 #D4CDBD #BDD4CD

tetradic

#CDBDD4 #D4C1BD #C4D4BD #BDCFD4

square

#CDBDD4 #D4C1BD #C4D4BD #BDCFD4

split-complementary

#CDBDD4 #CFD4BD #BDD4C1

monochromatic

#9573A4 #B198BC #CDBDD4 #E9E2EC #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDD4

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDD4	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.036 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0e1',
    500: '#cdbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbdd4;
$custom-light: #dcd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 21.101,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81869,
    "c": 0.03621,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDD4

secondary

#95A98C

accent

#9F4661

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDD4

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

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