#CDC8DA#CDC8DA

#CDC8DA is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.025 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8DA
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, 5.09, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 9.74, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% 0.0121 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.025 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4837, 59.3496, 74.6906)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8DA #D5DAC8

analogous

#C8CCDA #CDC8DA #D6C8DA

triadic

#CDC8DA #DACDC8 #C8DACD

tetradic

#CDC8DA #DAC8CC #D5DAC8 #C8DAD6

square

#CDC8DA #DAC8CC #D5DAC8 #C8DAD6

split-complementary

#CDC8DA #DAD6C8 #CCDAC8

monochromatic

#8A7FA9 #ACA3C1 #CDC8DA #EEEDF3 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDC8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#CDC8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8DA

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8DA	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.025 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e5',
    500: '#cdc8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8da;
$custom-light: #dcd8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 19.565,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84227,
    "c": 0.02532,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8DA

secondary

#A9B097

accent

#9E4886

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8DA

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

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