#CDC8E6#CDC8E6

#CDC8E6 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.042 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8E6
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(250, 38%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, 7.47, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 16.05, 297.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% 0.0164 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.042 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1112, 60.0006, 83.2620)
Luminance	0.6000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8E6 #E1E6C8

analogous

#C8D2E6 #CDC8E6 #DCC8E6

triadic

#CDC8E6 #E6CDC8 #C8E6CD

tetradic

#CDC8E6 #E6C8D2 #E1E6C8 #C8E6DC

square

#CDC8E6 #E6C8D2 #E1E6C8 #C8E6DC

split-complementary

#CDC8E6 #E6DCC8 #D2E6C8

monochromatic

#8174C0 #A79ED3 #CDC8E6 #ECEAF5 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDC8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#CDC8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8E6

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8E6	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.042 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8ee',
    500: '#cdc8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8e6;
$custom-light: #dcd8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84622,
    "c": 0.04168,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8E6

secondary

#B8C093

accent

#B0359C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#151416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8E6

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

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