#CDC8E4#CDC8E4

#CDC8E4 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.039 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8E4
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(251, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 7.06, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 14.99, 298.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% 0.0157 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.039 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8319, 59.8889, 81.7913)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8E4 #DFE4C8

analogous

#C8D1E4 #CDC8E4 #DBC8E4

triadic

#CDC8E4 #E4CDC8 #C8E4CD

tetradic

#CDC8E4 #E4C8D1 #DFE4C8 #C8E4DB

square

#CDC8E4 #E4C8D1 #DFE4C8 #C8E4DB

split-complementary

#CDC8E4 #E4DBC8 #D1E4C8

monochromatic

#8276BC #A89FD0 #CDC8E4 #ECEAF5 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDC8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#CDC8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8E4

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8E4	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.039 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8ec',
    500: '#cdc8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8e4;
$custom-light: #dcd8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84554,
    "c": 0.03894,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8E4

secondary

#B5BD93

accent

#AD3998

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8E4

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

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