#D9CBDD#D9CBDD

#D9CBDD is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.029 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CBDD
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(287, 8%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, 8.08, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 10.79, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% 0.0217 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.029 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0203, 62.6844, 77.1719)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CBDD #CFDDCB

analogous

#D0CBDD #D9CBDD #DDCBD8

triadic

#D9CBDD #DDD9CB #CBDDD9

tetradic

#D9CBDD #DDD0CB #CFDDCB #CBD8DD

square

#D9CBDD #DDD0CB #CFDDCB #CBD8DD

split-complementary

#D9CBDD #D8DDCB #CBDDD0

monochromatic

#A381AD #BEA6C5 #D9CBDD #F1ECF3 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#D9CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CBDD

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CBDD	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.029 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dae7',
    500: '#d9cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cbdd;
$custom-light: #e4dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85888,
    "c": 0.02884,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CBDD

secondary

#9FB399

accent

#9F465A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CBDD

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

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