#CDBDD9#CDBDD9

#CDBDD9 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.042 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDD9
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(274, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, 10.78, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 16.09, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% 0.0277 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.042 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8967, 54.3844, 73.1847)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDD9 #C9D9BD

analogous

#BFBDD9 #CDBDD9 #D9BDD7

triadic

#CDBDD9 #D9CDBD #BDD9CD

tetradic

#CDBDD9 #D9BFBD #C9D9BD #BDD7D9

square

#CDBDD9 #D9BFBD #C9D9BD #BDD7D9

split-complementary

#CDBDD9 #D7D9BD #BDD9BF

monochromatic

#926FAC #B096C3 #CDBDD9 #EAE4EF #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDBDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDBDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDD9

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDD9	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.042 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0e4',
    500: '#cdbdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbdd9;
$custom-light: #dcd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.04235,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDD9

secondary

#9AB08B

accent

#A6406B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDD9

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

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