#CDABB5

sRGB: 205 / 171 / 181

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames settle beneath starlight

#CDABB5 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 171 green and 181 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 342.4° lands in the rose 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 (10.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 171, 181
HSL: 342.35°, 25.37%, 73.73%
HSV / HSB: 342.35°, 16.59%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 16.59%, 11.71%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.078, 45.442, 49.956
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.182, 13.985, -0.482
WCAG relative luminance: 0.45441
24-bit decimal: 13478837

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 #CDABB5 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: 10.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.08:1

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

#ABCDC3 sits half a turn (180°) from #CDABB5 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.

#CDABB5 #ABCDC3

Analogous

#CDABC6 and #CDB2AB sit 30° to either side of #CDABB5. 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.

#CDABC6 #CDABB5 #CDB2AB

Triadic

#CDABB5, #B5CDAB and #ABB5CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDABB5 #B5CDAB #ABB5CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDABB5 and look across the wheel. #ABCDB2 and #ABC6CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDABB5 #ABCDB2 #ABC6CD

Square

Starting with #CDABB5, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C6CDAB, #ABCDC3, then #B2ABCD. Across the square, #CDABB5 pairs with #ABCDC3, and #C6CDAB with #B2ABCD.

#CDABB5 #C6CDAB #ABCDC3 #B2ABCD

Tetradic

#CDABB5 and #ABCDC3 are opposites, as are #CDC3AB and #ABB5CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDABB5 #CDC3AB #ABCDC3 #ABB5CD

Tints

Mixing #CDABB5 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7BCC4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EEF0, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDABB5 #D7BCC4 #E1CDD3 #EBDDE1 #F5EEF0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDABB5 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A48991, keeps 80% of the original. By #292224, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDABB5 #A48991 #7B676D #524448 #292224 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDABB5 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEA2AA, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F898B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDABB5 #BEA2AA #AE9AA0 #9F9195 #8F898B #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

#CDABB5

RGB

rgb(205 171 181)

HSL

hsl(342.353 25.373% 73.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDABB5;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDABB5 uses 205 red, 171 green and 181 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 67.1%

Blue 71.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDABB5 is 0.0% cyan, 16.6% magenta, 11.7% 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 11.7%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCAABB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CAB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDABB5 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCAABB Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#CDABB5 #C7B1B7 #C2B6BA #BCBCBC #B6C2BE #B1C7C1 #ABCDC3

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDABB5 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.

#AFB0B5

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.

#B6B6B4

Tritanopia

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

#D3AAAE

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.

#BAAFB5

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.

#BDB2B4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDABB3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B4B4B4

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.

#C1AFB4

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 0.46208

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 0.70881

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57441 G 0.41399 B 0.46064

CIE xyY

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

x 0.335 y 0.317 Y 45.442

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 32.941 Y % 29.020

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10101011 10110101