#CDABB0

sRGB: 205 / 171 / 176

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames vanish without farewell

#CDABB0 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 171 green and 176 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 351.2° lands in the red region. Its 25.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.7% 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 (10.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 171, 176
HSL: 351.18°, 25.37%, 73.73%
HSV / HSB: 351.18°, 16.59%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 16.59%, 14.15%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.574, 45.240, 47.302
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.050, 13.158, 2.071
WCAG relative luminance: 0.45240
24-bit decimal: 13478832

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 #CDABB0 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: 10.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.09:1

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

#ABCDC8 sits half a turn (180°) from #CDABB0 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.

#CDABB0 #ABCDC8

Analogous

#CDABC1 and #CDB7AB sit 30° to either side of #CDABB0. 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.

#CDABC1 #CDABB0 #CDB7AB

Triadic

#CDABB0, #B0CDAB and #ABB0CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDABB0 #B0CDAB #ABB0CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDABB0 and look across the wheel. #ABCDB7 and #ABC1CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDABB0 #ABCDB7 #ABC1CD

Square

Starting with #CDABB0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1CDAB, #ABCDC8, then #B7ABCD. Across the square, #CDABB0 pairs with #ABCDC8, and #C1CDAB with #B7ABCD.

#CDABB0 #C1CDAB #ABCDC8 #B7ABCD

Tetradic

#CDABB0 and #ABCDC8 are opposites, as are #CDC8AB and #ABB0CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDABB0 #CDC8AB #ABCDC8 #ABB0CD

Tints

Mixing #CDABB0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7BCC0, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EEEF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDABB0 #D7BCC0 #E1CDD0 #EBDDDF #F5EEEF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDABB0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4898D, keeps 80% of the original. By #292223, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDABB0 #A4898D #7B676A #524446 #292223 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDABB0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEA2A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F898A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDABB0 #BEA2A6 #AE9A9D #9F9193 #8F898A #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

#CDABB0

RGB

rgb(205 171 176)

HSL

hsl(351.176 25.373% 73.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDABB0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDABB0 uses 205 red, 171 green and 176 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 67.1%

Blue 69.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDABB0 is 0.0% cyan, 16.6% magenta, 14.1% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 16.6%

Yellow 14.1%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCAAAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CAA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDABB0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCAAAA Nearest web-safe: #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#CDABB0 #C7B1B4 #C2B6B8 #BCBCBC #B6C2C0 #B1C7C4 #ABCDC8

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDABB0 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.

#B0B0B0

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.

#B7B6AF

Tritanopia

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

#D4A9AD

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.

#BBAFB0

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.

#BEB2B0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDABAF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B3B3B3

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.

#C1AFB2

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 0.40724 B 0.43415

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 0.78239 G 0.67557 B 0.69096

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57441 G 0.41399 B 0.43522

CIE xyY

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

x 0.340 y 0.323 Y 45.240

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 32.941 Y % 30.980

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10101011 10110000