#CDC8D7#CDC8D7

#CDC8D7 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.021 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8D7
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 215)
HSL	hsl(260, 16%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(260, 7%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, 4.51, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 8.19, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% 0.011 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.021 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0947, 59.1940, 72.6418)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8D7 #D2D7C8

analogous

#C8CBD7 #CDC8D7 #D5C8D7

triadic

#CDC8D7 #D7CDC8 #C8D7CD

tetradic

#CDC8D7 #D7C8CB #D2D7C8 #C8D7D5

square

#CDC8D7 #D7C8CB #D2D7C8 #C8D7D5

split-complementary

#CDC8D7 #D7D5C8 #CBD7C8

monochromatic

#8D81A3 #ADA5BD #CDC8D7 #EDEBF1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDC8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#CDC8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8D7

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8D7	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.021 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e3',
    500: '#cdc8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8d7;
$custom-light: #dcd8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84132,
    "c": 0.0213,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8D7

secondary

#A5AC97

accent

#9A4B80

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8D7

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

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