#CDCDE8#CDCDE8

#CDCDE8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.037 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCDE8
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(240, 37%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, 5.21, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 14.27, 291.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% 0.01 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.037 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5706, 62.4675, 85.1419)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCDE8 #E8E8CD

analogous

#CDDAE8 #CDCDE8 #DACDE8

triadic

#CDCDE8 #E8CDCD #CDE8CD

tetradic

#CDCDE8 #E8CDDA #E8E8CD #CDE8DA

square

#CDCDE8 #E8CDDA #E8E8CD #CDE8DA

split-complementary

#CDCDE8 #E8DACD #DAE8CD

monochromatic

#7979C1 #A3A3D5 #CDCDE8 #EAEAF5 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CDCDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#CDCDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCDE8

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCDE8	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.037 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcef',
    500: '#cdcde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcde8;
$custom-light: #dcdcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85675,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCDE8

secondary

#C2C297

accent

#B036B0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#151516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCDE8

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

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