#CEC8D8#CEC8D8

#CEC8D8 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.023 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8D8
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 17%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(263, 7%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, 5.04, -7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 8.79, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% 0.0124 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.023 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5004, 59.3883, 73.3336)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8D8 #D2D8C8

analogous

#C8CAD8 #CEC8D8 #D6C8D8

triadic

#CEC8D8 #D8CEC8 #C8D8CE

tetradic

#CEC8D8 #D8C8CA #D2D8C8 #C8D8D6

square

#CEC8D8 #D8C8CA #D2D8C8 #C8D8D6

split-complementary

#CEC8D8 #D8D6C8 #CAD8C8

monochromatic

#8E80A5 #AEA4BF #CEC8D8 #EEECF1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CEC8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CEC8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8D8

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8D8	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.023 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8e4',
    500: '#cec8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8d8;
$custom-light: #ddd8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84244,
    "c": 0.0229,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8D8

secondary

#A5AD97

accent

#9B4A7D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8D8

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

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