#CDC8DE#CDC8DE

#CDC8DE is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.031 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8DE
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(254, 25%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(254, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, 5.87, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 11.84, 299.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% 0.0136 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.031 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.0134, 59.5615, 77.4806)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8DE #D9DEC8

analogous

#C8CEDE #CDC8DE #D8C8DE

triadic

#CDC8DE #DECDC8 #C8DECD

tetradic

#CDC8DE #DEC8CE #D9DEC8 #C8DED8

square

#CDC8DE #DEC8CE #D9DEC8 #C8DED8

split-complementary

#CDC8DE #DED8C8 #CEDEC8

monochromatic

#877BB0 #AAA2C7 #CDC8DE #EEECF4 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#CDC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8DE

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8DE	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CACBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.031 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8e8',
    500: '#cdc8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8de;
$custom-light: #dcd8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84356,
    "c": 0.03075,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8DE

secondary

#AEB595

accent

#A4428D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8DE

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

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