#D9CDEB#D9CDEB

#D9CDEB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.043 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CDEB
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, 9.70, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 16.43, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% 0.0237 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.043 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4393, 64.4126, 87.5665)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CDEB #DFEBCD

analogous

#CDD0EB #D9CDEB #E8CDEB

triadic

#D9CDEB #EBD9CD #CDEBD9

tetradic

#D9CDEB #EBCDD0 #DFEBCD #CDEBE8

square

#D9CDEB #EBCDD0 #DFEBCD #CDEBE8

split-complementary

#D9CDEB #EBE8CD #D0EBCD

monochromatic

#9776C8 #B8A1DA #D9CDEB #EEE9F6 #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#D9CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CDEB

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CDEB	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.043 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dcf1',
    500: '#d9cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cdeb;
$custom-light: #e4dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86727,
    "c": 0.04286,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CDEB

secondary

#B3C696

accent

#B63080

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#151516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CDEB

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

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