#CDC9DA#CDC9DA

#CDC9DA is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.024 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC9DA
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(254, 19%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(254, 8%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 4.56, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 9.15, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% 0.0107 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.024 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7160, 59.8143, 74.7681)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC9DA #D6DAC9

analogous

#C9CEDA #CDC9DA #D6C9DA

triadic

#CDC9DA #DACDC9 #C9DACD

tetradic

#CDC9DA #DAC9CE #D6DAC9 #C9DAD6

square

#CDC9DA #DAC9CE #D6DAC9 #C9DAD6

split-complementary

#CDC9DA #DAD6C9 #CEDAC9

monochromatic

#8A80A8 #ABA5C1 #CDC9DA #EEEDF3 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CDC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC9DA

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC9DA	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.024 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9e5',
    500: '#cdc9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc9da;
$custom-light: #dcd9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 18.681,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84425,
    "c": 0.02376,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC9DA

secondary

#AAB098

accent

#9D4989

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC9DA

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

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