#CDC4E9#CDC4E9

#CDC4E9 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.052 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC4E9
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, 10.22, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 19.99, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% 0.0231 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.052 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6218, 58.3420, 85.1951)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC4E9 #E0E9C4

analogous

#C4CEE9 #CDC4E9 #E0C4E9

triadic

#CDC4E9 #E9CDC4 #C4E9CD

tetradic

#CDC4E9 #E9C4CE #E0E9C4 #C4E9E0

square

#CDC4E9 #E9C4CE #E0E9C4 #C4E9E0

split-complementary

#CDC4E9 #E9E0C4 #CEE9C4

monochromatic

#816BC8 #A797D8 #CDC4E9 #ECE9F7 #ECE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CDC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC4E9

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC4E9	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.052 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5f0',
    500: '#cdc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc4e9;
$custom-light: #dcd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83943,
    "c": 0.05192,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC4E9

secondary

#B7C48D

accent

#B92D97

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#151416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC4E9

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

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