#CDC4E8#CDC4E8

#CDC4E8 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.051 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC4E8
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, 10.01, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 19.46, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.0228 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.051 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4793, 58.2850, 84.4449)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC4E8 #DFE8C4

analogous

#C4CDE8 #CDC4E8 #DFC4E8

triadic

#CDC4E8 #E8CDC4 #C4E8CD

tetradic

#CDC4E8 #E8C4CD #DFE8C4 #C4E8DF

square

#CDC4E8 #E8C4CD #DFE8C4 #C4E8DF

split-complementary

#CDC4E8 #E8DFC4 #CDE8C4

monochromatic

#826CC6 #A898D7 #CDC4E8 #ECE9F6 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#CDC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC4E8

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC4E8	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.051 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5ef',
    500: '#cdc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc4e8;
$custom-light: #dcd5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83908,
    "c": 0.05056,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC4E8

secondary

#B5C38D

accent

#B72E95

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#151416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC4E8

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

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