#CDC8E1#CDC8E1

#CDC8E1 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.035 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8E1
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 29%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(252, 11%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, 6.46, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 13.41, 298.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% 0.0146 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.035 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4191, 59.7237, 79.6170)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8E1 #DCE1C8

analogous

#C8CFE1 #CDC8E1 #D9C8E1

triadic

#CDC8E1 #E1CDC8 #C8E1CD

tetradic

#CDC8E1 #E1C8CF #DCE1C8 #C8E1D9

square

#CDC8E1 #E1C8CF #DCE1C8 #C8E1D9

split-complementary

#CDC8E1 #E1D9C8 #CFE1C8

monochromatic

#8579B6 #A9A0CB #CDC8E1 #EDEBF4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDC8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#CDC8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8E1

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8E1	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CBE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CACCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.035 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8ea',
    500: '#cdc8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8e1;
$custom-light: #dcd8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84454,
    "c": 0.03484,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8E1

secondary

#B2B994

accent

#A83D93

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8E1

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

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