#CDBDD5#CDBDD5

#CDBDD5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.037 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDD5
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(280, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(280, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, 10.01, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 14.12, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% 0.0263 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.037 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3827, 54.1788, 70.4778)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDD5 #C5D5BD

analogous

#C1BDD5 #CDBDD5 #D5BDD1

triadic

#CDBDD5 #D5CDBD #BDD5CD

tetradic

#CDBDD5 #D5C1BD #C5D5BD #BDD1D5

square

#CDBDD5 #D5C1BD #C5D5BD #BDD1D5

split-complementary

#CDBDD5 #D1D5BD #BDD5C1

monochromatic

#9472A5 #B198BD #CDBDD5 #E9E2ED #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDD5

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDD5	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.037 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0e1',
    500: '#cdbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbdd5;
$custom-light: #dcd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81901,
    "c": 0.03742,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDD5

secondary

#96AB8C

accent

#A14563

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDD5

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

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