#CDC8D9#CDC8D9

#CDC8D9 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.024 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8D9
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(258, 8%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, 4.89, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 9.22, 302.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% 0.0117 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.024 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3532, 59.2974, 74.0035)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8D9 #D4D9C8

analogous

#C8CCD9 #CDC8D9 #D6C8D9

triadic

#CDC8D9 #D9CDC8 #C8D9CD

tetradic

#CDC8D9 #D9C8CC #D4D9C8 #C8D9D6

square

#CDC8D9 #D9C8CC #D4D9C8 #C8D9D6

split-complementary

#CDC8D9 #D9D6C8 #CCD9C8

monochromatic

#8B80A7 #ACA4C0 #CDC8D9 #EEECF2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDC8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CDC8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8D9

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8D9	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.024 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e4',
    500: '#cdc8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8d9;
$custom-light: #dcd8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 18.28,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84195,
    "c": 0.02398,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8D9

secondary

#A7AE97

accent

#9D4984

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8D9

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

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