#CEC8DF#CEC8DF

#CEC8DF is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.032 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8DF
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(256, 26%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(256, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, 6.39, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 12.42, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% 0.015 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.032 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4246, 59.7580, 78.2015)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8DF #D9DFC8

analogous

#C8CDDF #CEC8DF #D9C8DF

triadic

#CEC8DF #DFCEC8 #C8DFCE

tetradic

#CEC8DF #DFC8CD #D9DFC8 #C8DFD9

square

#CEC8DF #DFC8CD #D9DFC8 #C8DFD9

split-complementary

#CEC8DF #DFD9C8 #CDDFC8

monochromatic

#897BB2 #ACA1C8 #CEC8DF #EEECF4 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CEC8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#CEC8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8DF

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8DF	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.032 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8e9',
    500: '#cec8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8df;
$custom-light: #ddd8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 26.437,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84468,
    "c": 0.03227,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8DF

secondary

#AEB695

accent

#A5408B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8DF

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

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