#CDCED5

A very light, muted neutral closely aligning with Lightgray.

About #CDCED5

When working with digital screens, the color #CDCED5 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightgray. In the RGB color space, it consists of 205 red, 206 green, and 213 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 4% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow, and 16% black. With a hue angle of 232.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the neutral spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CDCED5
RGB205, 206, 213
HSL232.5°, 8.7%, 82.0%
CMYK4%, 3%, 0%, 16%
HSV232.5°, 3.8%, 83.5%
LAB82.9, 1.0, -3.6
XYZ59.3, 61.9, 71.8
Decimal13487829

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.57:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
13.39:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.50:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
11.38:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CDCED5; }
.text-color { color: #CDCED5; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #CDCED5; }

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Lightgray
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