#CDACEB

sRGB: 205 / 172 / 235

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms thunder through timeless canyons
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#CDACEB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 172 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 271.4° lands in the violet region. Its 61.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.8% 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 (10.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 172, 235
HSL: 271.43°, 61.17%, 79.80%
HSV / HSB: 271.43°, 26.81%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 12.77%, 26.81%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.922, 48.483, 85.065
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.128, 23.666, -27.071
WCAG relative luminance: 0.48482
24-bit decimal: 13479147

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 #CDACEB 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: 10.70:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.96:1

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

#CAEBAC sits half a turn (180°) from #CDACEB 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.

#CDACEB #CAEBAC

Analogous

#AEACEB and #EBACEA sit 30° to either side of #CDACEB. 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.

#AEACEB #CDACEB #EBACEA

Triadic

#CDACEB, #EBCDAC and #ACEBCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDACEB #EBCDAC #ACEBCD

Split complementary

Start at #CDACEB and look across the wheel. #E9EBAC and #ACEBAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDACEB #E9EBAC #ACEBAE

Square

Starting with #CDACEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBAEAC, #CAEBAC, then #ACE9EB. Across the square, #CDACEB pairs with #CAEBAC, and #EBAEAC with #ACE9EB.

#CDACEB #EBAEAC #CAEBAC #ACE9EB

Tetradic

#CDACEB and #CAEBAC are opposites, as are #EBACCA and #ACEBCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDACEB #EBACCA #CAEBAC #ACEBCD

Tints

Mixing #CDACEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7BDEF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EEFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDACEB #D7BDEF #E1CDF3 #EBDEF7 #F5EEFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDACEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A48ABC, keeps 80% of the original. By #29222F, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDACEB #A48ABC #7B678D #52455E #29222F #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDACEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEA3D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8995, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDACEB #BEA3D6 #AE9AC0 #9F92AB #8F8995 #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

#CDACEB

RGB

rgb(205 172 235)

HSL

hsl(271.429 61.165% 79.804%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDACEB uses 205 red, 172 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 67.5%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDACEB is 12.8% cyan, 26.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 12.8%

Magenta 26.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CDACEB #CDB7E1 #CCC1D6 #CCCCCC #CBD6C1 #CBE1B7 #CAEBAC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDACEB 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.

#A1B8EE

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.

#A8B9E9

Tritanopia

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

#C9B4C2

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.

#B2B4EC

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.

#B4B5EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBAFDD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B9B9B9

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.

#C3B3D4

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 0.41254 B 0.83077

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 0.78296 G 0.67933 B 0.90469

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57535 G 0.41911 B 0.79673

CIE xyY

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

x 0.291 y 0.257 Y 48.483

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 32.549 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10101100 11101011