#D8CBDE#D8CBDE

#D8CBDE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.029 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CBDE
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 22%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(281, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, 7.93, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 11.11, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% 0.021 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.029 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8575, 62.5851, 77.8618)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CBDE #D1DECB

analogous

#CECBDE #D8CBDE #DECBDA

triadic

#D8CBDE #DED8CB #CBDED8

tetradic

#D8CBDE #DECECB #D1DECB #CBDADE

square

#D8CBDE #DECECB #D1DECB #CBDADE

split-complementary

#D8CBDE #DADECB #CBDECE

monochromatic

#A080AE #BCA6C6 #D8CBDE #F1ECF3 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#D8CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CBDE

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CBDE	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.029 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dae8',
    500: '#d8cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cbde;
$custom-light: #e4dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85837,
    "c": 0.02947,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CBDE

secondary

#A2B499

accent

#A14562

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CBDE

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

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