#CDC8E2#CDC8E2

#CDC8E2 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.036 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8E2
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 31%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(252, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, 6.66, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 13.94, 298.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% 0.015 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.036 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.5559, 59.7785, 80.3376)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8E2 #DDE2C8

analogous

#C8D0E2 #CDC8E2 #DAC8E2

triadic

#CDC8E2 #E2CDC8 #C8E2CD

tetradic

#CDC8E2 #E2C8D0 #DDE2C8 #C8E2DA

square

#CDC8E2 #E2C8D0 #DDE2C8 #C8E2DA

split-complementary

#CDC8E2 #E2DAC8 #D0E2C8

monochromatic

#8478B8 #A9A0CD #CDC8E2 #EDEBF4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDC8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CDC8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8E2

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8E2	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.036 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8eb',
    500: '#cdc8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8e2;
$custom-light: #dcd8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84487,
    "c": 0.0362,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8E2

secondary

#B3BA94

accent

#AA3C95

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8E2

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

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