#CDC9DB#CDC9DB

#CDC9DB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.025 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC9DB
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 20%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(253, 8%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, 4.75, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 9.67, 299.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% 0.011 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.025 296)
XYZ	xyz(58.8473, 59.8668, 75.4593)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC9DB #D7DBC9

analogous

#C9CEDB #CDC9DB #D6C9DB

triadic

#CDC9DB #DBCDC9 #C9DBCD

tetradic

#CDC9DB #DBC9CE #D7DBC9 #C9DBD6

square

#CDC9DB #DBC9CE #D7DBC9 #C9DBD6

split-complementary

#CDC9DB #DBD6C9 #CEDBC9

monochromatic

#8980AA #ABA4C3 #CDC9DB #EEEDF3 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#CDC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC9DB

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC9DB	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.025 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9e6',
    500: '#cdc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc9db;
$custom-light: #dcd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84457,
    "c": 0.02512,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.59867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC9DB

secondary

#ABB197

accent

#9E478B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC9DB

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

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