#CDC8DB#CDC8DB

#CDC8DB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.027 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8DB
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(256, 9%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, 5.28, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 10.27, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% 0.0125 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.027 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6149, 59.4021, 75.3819)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8DB #D6DBC8

analogous

#C8CDDB #CDC8DB #D7C8DB

triadic

#CDC8DB #DBCDC8 #C8DBCD

tetradic

#CDC8DB #DBC8CD #D6DBC8 #C8DBD7

square

#CDC8DB #DBC8CD #D6DBC8 #C8DBD7

split-complementary

#CDC8DB #DBD7C8 #CDDBC8

monochromatic

#8A7EAB #ABA3C3 #CDC8DB #EEEDF3 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDC8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CDC8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8DB

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8DB	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.027 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e6',
    500: '#cdc8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8db;
$custom-light: #dcd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 20.879,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84259,
    "c": 0.02667,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8DB

secondary

#AAB196

accent

#9F4688

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8DB

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

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