#CDAFBD

sRGB: 205 / 175 / 189

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms transform the fabric of existence
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#CDAFBD belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 175 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 332.0° lands in the rose region. Its 23.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.5% 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 (10.46:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 175, 189
HSL: 332.00°, 23.08%, 74.51%
HSV / HSB: 332.00°, 14.63%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.63%, 7.80%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 49.690, 47.314, 54.661
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 74.390, 13.181, -3.097
WCAG relative luminance: 0.47313
24-bit decimal: 13479869

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 #CDAFBD 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: 10.46:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.01:1

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

#AFCDBF sits half a turn (180°) from #CDAFBD 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.

#CDAFBD #AFCDBF

Analogous

#CDAFCC and #CDB0AF sit 30° to either side of #CDAFBD. 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.

#CDAFCC #CDAFBD #CDB0AF

Triadic

#CDAFBD, #BDCDAF and #AFBDCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDAFBD #BDCDAF #AFBDCD

Split complementary

Start at #CDAFBD and look across the wheel. #AFCDB0 and #AFCCCD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDAFBD #AFCDB0 #AFCCCD

Square

Starting with #CDAFBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCCDAF, #AFCDBF, then #B0AFCD. Across the square, #CDAFBD pairs with #AFCDBF, and #CCCDAF with #B0AFCD.

#CDAFBD #CCCDAF #AFCDBF #B0AFCD

Tetradic

#CDAFBD and #AFCDBF are opposites, as are #CDBFAF and #AFBDCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDAFBD #CDBFAF #AFCDBF #AFBDCD

Tints

Mixing #CDAFBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7BFCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EFF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDAFBD #D7BFCA #E1CFD7 #EBDFE5 #F5EFF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDAFBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A48C97, keeps 80% of the original. By #292326, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDAFBD #A48C97 #7B6971 #52464C #292326 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDAFBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEA6B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F898C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDAFBD #BEA6B1 #AE9CA5 #9F9398 #8F898C #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

#CDAFBD

RGB

rgb(205 175 189)

HSL

hsl(332.000 23.077% 74.510%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDAFBD uses 205 red, 175 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 68.6%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDAFBD is 0.0% cyan, 14.6% magenta, 7.8% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.6%

Yellow 7.8%

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 #CDAFBD 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

#CDAFBD #C8B4BD #C3B9BE #BEBEBE #B9C3BE #B4C8BF #AFCDBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDAFBD 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.

#B1B4BE

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.

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia

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

#D2AFB4

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.

#BCB3BD

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.

#BEB5BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDAFBA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B7B7B7

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.

#C2B3BA

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 0.42869 B 0.50888

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 0.78470 G 0.69060 B 0.73852

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57822 G 0.43473 B 0.50481

CIE xyY

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

x 0.328 y 0.312 Y 47.314

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 31.373 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10101111 10111101