#CDBDD8#CDBDD8

#CDBDD8 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.041 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDD8
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(276, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(276, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, 10.59, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 15.59, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82% 0.0273 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.041 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7670, 54.3325, 72.5018)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDD8 #C8D8BD

analogous

#C0BDD8 #CDBDD8 #D8BDD6

triadic

#CDBDD8 #D8CDBD #BDD8CD

tetradic

#CDBDD8 #D8C0BD #C8D8BD #BDD6D8

square

#CDBDD8 #D8C0BD #C8D8BD #BDD6D8

split-complementary

#CDBDD8 #D6D8BD #BDD8C0

monochromatic

#9370AB #B097C1 #CDBDD8 #EAE3EF #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDBDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CDBDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDD8

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDD8	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.041 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0e4',
    500: '#cdbdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbdd8;
$custom-light: #dcd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82,
    "c": 0.04111,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDD8

secondary

#99AE8B

accent

#A4416A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDD8

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

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