#CD9EFE

sRGB: 205 / 158 / 254

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Shimmering rivers transcend the boundaries of time
Celestial symphonies transcend the limits of dreams

#CD9EFE belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 158 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 269.4° lands in the violet region. Its 98.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.92:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 158, 254
HSL: 269.38°, 97.96%, 80.78%
HSV / HSB: 269.38°, 37.80%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 19.29%, 37.80%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.290, 44.589, 99.463
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.621, 35.405, -41.250
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44589
24-bit decimal: 13475582

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CD9EFE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.92:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.12:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CFFE9E sits half a turn (180°) from #CD9EFE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CD9EFE #CFFE9E

Analogous

#9E9FFE and #FD9EFE sit 30° to either side of #CD9EFE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#9E9FFE #CD9EFE #FD9EFE

Triadic

#CD9EFE, #FECD9E and #9EFECD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD9EFE #FECD9E #9EFECD

Split complementary

Start at #CD9EFE and look across the wheel. #FEFD9E and #9FFE9E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD9EFE #FEFD9E #9FFE9E

Square

Starting with #CD9EFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FE9E9F, #CFFE9E, then #9EFEFD. Across the square, #CD9EFE pairs with #CFFE9E, and #FE9E9F with #9EFEFD.

#CD9EFE #FE9E9F #CFFE9E #9EFEFD

Tetradic

#CD9EFE and #CFFE9E are opposites, as are #FE9ECF and #9EFECD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD9EFE #FE9ECF #CFFE9E #9EFECD

Tints

Mixing #CD9EFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7B1FE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5ECFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD9EFE #D7B1FE #E1C5FE #EBD8FF #F5ECFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD9EFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A47ECB, keeps 80% of the original. By #292033, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD9EFE #A47ECB #7B5F98 #523F66 #292033 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD9EFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE98E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8699, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD9EFE #BE98E5 #AE92CC #9F8CB2 #8F8699 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CD9EFE

RGB

rgb(205 158 254)

HSL

hsl(269.375 97.959% 80.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD9EFE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD9EFE uses 205 red, 158 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 62.0%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD9EFE is 19.3% cyan, 37.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.3%

Magenta 37.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD9EFE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC99FF Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#CD9EFE #CDAEEE #CEBEDE #CECECE #CEDEBE #CFEEAE #CFFE9E

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD9EFE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#89B1FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#93B2FB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C6ADC2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A5ABFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A7ACFC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C9A4EB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B2B2B2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C0A8DC

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 0.34191 B 0.99110

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.77530 G 0.62688 B 0.97205

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.56281 G 0.35083 B 0.93760

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.277 y 0.224 Y 44.589

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 38.039 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 10011110 11111110