#CEC8E0#CEC8E0

#CEC8E0 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.034 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8E0
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(255, 28%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(255, 11%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 6.59, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 12.94, 300.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% 0.0153 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.034 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5599, 59.8121, 78.9137)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8E0 #DAE0C8

analogous

#C8CEE0 #CEC8E0 #DAC8E0

triadic

#CEC8E0 #E0CEC8 #C8E0CE

tetradic

#CEC8E0 #E0C8CE #DAE0C8 #C8E0DA

square

#CEC8E0 #E0C8CE #DAE0C8 #C8E0DA

split-complementary

#CEC8E0 #E0DAC8 #CEE0C8

monochromatic

#887AB4 #ABA1CA #CEC8E0 #EEEBF4 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CEC8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CEC8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8E0

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8E0	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.034 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8e9',
    500: '#cec8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8e0;
$custom-light: #ddd8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 27.907,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84501,
    "c": 0.03362,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8E0

secondary

#AFB795

accent

#A73F8D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8E0

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

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