#CDC8D8#CDC8D8

#CDC8D8 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.023 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8D8
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(259, 7%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 4.70, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 8.70, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% 0.0114 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.023 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2236, 59.2455, 73.3206)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8D8 #D3D8C8

analogous

#C8CBD8 #CDC8D8 #D5C8D8

triadic

#CDC8D8 #D8CDC8 #C8D8CD

tetradic

#CDC8D8 #D8C8CB #D3D8C8 #C8D8D5

square

#CDC8D8 #D8C8CB #D3D8C8 #C8D8D5

split-complementary

#CDC8D8 #D8D5C8 #CBD8C8

monochromatic

#8C80A5 #ACA4BF #CDC8D8 #EEECF1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDC8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#CDC8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8D8

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8D8	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.023 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e4',
    500: '#cdc8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8d8;
$custom-light: #dcd8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84163,
    "c": 0.02263,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8D8

secondary

#A6AD97

accent

#9B4A82

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8D8

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

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