#CDC8D4#CDC8D4

#CDC8D4 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.017 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8D4
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 12%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(265, 6%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, 3.94, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 6.64, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0099 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.017 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7127, 59.0412, 70.6303)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8D4 #CFD4C8

analogous

#C8C9D4 #CDC8D4 #D3C8D4

triadic

#CDC8D4 #D4CDC8 #C8D4CD

tetradic

#CDC8D4 #D4C8C9 #CFD4C8 #C8D4D3

square

#CDC8D4 #D4C8C9 #CFD4C8 #C8D4D3

split-complementary

#CDC8D4 #D4D3C8 #C9D4C8

monochromatic

#8F839E #AEA6B9 #CDC8D4 #ECEAEF #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDC8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#CDC8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8D4

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8D4	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.017 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e1',
    500: '#cdc8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8d4;
$custom-light: #dcd8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 12.245,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84038,
    "c": 0.01733,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8D4

secondary

#A1A898

accent

#964F79

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8D4

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

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