#CDC9DE#CDC9DE

#CDC9DE is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.029 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC9DE
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(251, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(251, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, 5.34, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 11.25, 298.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% 0.0121 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.029 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2458, 60.0262, 77.5581)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC9DE #DADEC9

analogous

#C9CFDE #CDC9DE #D7C9DE

triadic

#CDC9DE #DECDC9 #C9DECD

tetradic

#CDC9DE #DEC9CF #DADEC9 #C9DED7

square

#CDC9DE #DEC9CF #DADEC9 #C9DED7

split-complementary

#CDC9DE #DED7C9 #CFDEC9

monochromatic

#877DB0 #AAA3C7 #CDC9DE #EDECF3 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CDC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#CDC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC9DE

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC9DE	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CACCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.029 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9e8',
    500: '#cdc9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc9de;
$custom-light: #dcd9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84554,
    "c": 0.02921,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC9DE

secondary

#AFB596

accent

#A34390

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC9DE

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

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