#CEC4D8#CEC4D8

#CEC4D8 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.030 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC4D8
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 20%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 7.17, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 11.27, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% 0.0182 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.03 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5861, 57.5597, 73.0288)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC4D8 #CED8C4

analogous

#C4C4D8 #CEC4D8 #D8C4D8

triadic

#CEC4D8 #D8CEC4 #C4D8CE

tetradic

#CEC4D8 #D8C4C4 #CED8C4 #C4D8D8

square

#CEC4D8 #D8C4C4 #CED8C4 #C4D8D8

split-complementary

#CEC4D8 #D8D8C4 #C4D8C4

monochromatic

#917AA7 #AF9FC0 #CEC4D8 #EDE9F0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CEC4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC4D8

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC4D8	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDC6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.030 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5e4',
    500: '#cec4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec4d8;
$custom-light: #ddd5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 20.408,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83453,
    "c": 0.02955,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC4D8

secondary

#A0AE93

accent

#9F4773

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC4D8

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

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