#CDC4E5#CDC4E5

#CDC4E5 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.046 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC4E5
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(256, 39%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, 9.40, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 17.89, 301.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0217 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.046 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0568, 58.1160, 82.2198)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC4E5 #DCE5C4

analogous

#C4CBE5 #CDC4E5 #DDC4E5

triadic

#CDC4E5 #E5CDC4 #C4E5CD

tetradic

#CDC4E5 #E5C4CB #DCE5C4 #C4E5DD

square

#CDC4E5 #E5C4CB #DCE5C4 #C4E5DD

split-complementary

#CDC4E5 #E5DDC4 #CBE5C4

monochromatic

#856FC0 #A99AD2 #CDC4E5 #EDEAF6 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#CDC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC4E5

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC4E5	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.046 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5ed',
    500: '#cdc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc4e5;
$custom-light: #dcd5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83804,
    "c": 0.04649,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC4E5

secondary

#B2BF8F

accent

#B2348F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC4E5

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

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