#CDADEE

sRGB: 205 / 173 / 238

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms illuminate forgotten empires
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#CDADEE belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 173 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 269.5° lands in the violet region. Its 65.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% 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 (10.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 173, 238
HSL: 269.54°, 65.66%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 269.54°, 27.31%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 13.87%, 27.31%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.550, 49.040, 87.431
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.476, 23.750, -28.164
WCAG relative luminance: 0.49039
24-bit decimal: 13479406

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 #CDADEE 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: 10.81:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.94:1

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

#CEEEAD sits half a turn (180°) from #CDADEE 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.

#CDADEE #CEEEAD

Analogous

#ADAEEE and #EEADEE sit 30° to either side of #CDADEE. 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.

#ADAEEE #CDADEE #EEADEE

Triadic

#CDADEE, #EECDAD and #ADEECD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDADEE #EECDAD #ADEECD

Split complementary

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

#CDADEE #EEEEAD #ADEEAD

Square

Starting with #CDADEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEADAE, #CEEEAD, then #ADEEEE. Across the square, #CDADEE pairs with #CEEEAD, and #EEADAE with #ADEEEE.

#CDADEE #EEADAE #CEEEAD #ADEEEE

Tetradic

#CDADEE and #CEEEAD are opposites, as are #EEADCE and #ADEECD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDADEE #EEADCE #CEEEAD #ADEECD

Tints

Mixing #CDADEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7BDF1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EFFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDADEE #D7BDF1 #E1CEF5 #EBDEF8 #F5EFFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDADEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A48ABE, keeps 80% of the original. By #292330, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDADEE #A48ABE #7B688F #52455F #292330 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDADEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEA4D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8996, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDADEE #BEA4D8 #AE9BC2 #9F92AC #8F8996 #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

#CDADEE

RGB

rgb(205 173 238)

HSL

hsl(269.538 65.657% 80.588%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDADEE uses 205 red, 173 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 67.8%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDADEE is 13.9% cyan, 27.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.9%

Magenta 27.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

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 #CDADEE 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

#CDADEE #CDB8E3 #CDC3D8 #CECECE #CED8C3 #CEE3B8 #CEEEAD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDADEE 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.

#A1B9F1

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.

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia

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

#C9B6C4

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.

#B2B5EF

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.

#B4B6ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBB1E0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#BABABA

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.

#C4B4D6

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 0.41789 B 0.85499

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 0.78354 G 0.68309 B 0.91586

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57630 G 0.42428 B 0.81917

CIE xyY

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

x 0.289 y 0.255 Y 49.040

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 32.157 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10101101 11101110