#CDC5E2#CDC5E2

#CDC5E2 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.041 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC5E2
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 33%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, 8.26, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 15.72, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0193 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.041 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8679, 58.4025, 80.1083)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC5E2 #DAE2C5

analogous

#C5CBE2 #CDC5E2 #DBC5E2

triadic

#CDC5E2 #E2CDC5 #C5E2CD

tetradic

#CDC5E2 #E2C5CB #DAE2C5 #C5E2DB

square

#CDC5E2 #E2C5CB #DAE2C5 #C5E2DB

split-complementary

#CDC5E2 #E2DBC5 #CBE2C5

monochromatic

#8773B9 #AA9CCE #CDC5E2 #EDEBF5 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDC5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#CDC5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC5E2

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC5E2	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.041 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6eb',
    500: '#cdc5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc5e2;
$custom-light: #dcd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83898,
    "c": 0.04085,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC5E2

secondary

#AFBA91

accent

#AC398C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC5E2

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

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