#CDC8DD#CDC8DD

#CDC8DD is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.029 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8DD
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(254, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(254, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, 5.67, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 11.31, 300.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% 0.0132 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.029 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.8798, 59.5080, 76.7768)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8DD #D8DDC8

analogous

#C8CDDD #CDC8DD #D8C8DD

triadic

#CDC8DD #DDCDC8 #C8DDCD

tetradic

#CDC8DD #DDC8CD #D8DDC8 #C8DDD8

square

#CDC8DD #DDC8CD #D8DDC8 #C8DDD8

split-complementary

#CDC8DD #DDD8C8 #CDDDC8

monochromatic

#887CAE #ABA2C6 #CDC8DD #EEECF3 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CDC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8DD

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8DD	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CACBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.029 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e7',
    500: '#cdc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8dd;
$custom-light: #dcd8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84323,
    "c": 0.02939,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8DD

secondary

#ACB496

accent

#A2438C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8DD

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

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