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violet · neutral

#ccc7d3

a light, muted violet · neutral · closest name: Silver

Token name suggestion: Meadow Plum

RGB
204, 199, 211
HSL
265°, 12%, 80%
CMYK
3, 6, 0, 17
Luminance
0.5839

#ccc7d3 is a light muted violet, 265° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.68:1). As text it scores 1.66:1 on white — use #7E7190 instead. Nearest name is Silver, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(265 12% 80%)rgb(204 199 211)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ccc7d3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ccc7d3
Hue
265°
violet
Saturation
12%
muted
Lightness
80%
light
Brightness
83%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5839
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Muted
Best ink
Black
12.68:1
Closest name
Silver
ΔE2000 7.1
Chroma
6.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.837
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 27.5
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue265° of 360°
Saturation12%
Lightness80%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ccc7d3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red22%
Green70%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ccc7d3
HEX (8-digit)#ccc7d3ff
RGBrgb(204, 199, 211)
RGBArgba(204, 199, 211, 1)
HSLhsl(265, 12%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265, 6%, 83%)
HWBhwb(265 78% 17%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 6%, 0%, 17%)
LABlab(81.0 3.9 -5.3)
LCHlch(81.0 6.6 306.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.837 0.017 304.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.08, 58.39, 69.88)
Decimal13420499
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.780 0.827)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ccc7d3;
background-color: #ccc7d3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ccc7d3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ccc7d3] bg-[#ccc7d3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ccc7d3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.780, blue: 0.827)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.780, blue: 0.827, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CCC7D3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCCC7D3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCCC7D3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(211, 199, 204)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(204, 199, 211)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(204, 199, 211)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 199, 211)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8000f, 0.7804f, 0.8275f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{204,199,211}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ccc7d3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ccc7d3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3E3847, #E0DDE4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ccc7d3 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F7F8;
  --brand-100: #EFEEF1;
  --brand-200: #DDDAE1;
  --brand-300: #ccc7d3;
  --brand-400: #A9A1B5;
  --brand-500: #8D819C;
  --brand-600: #786C89;
  --brand-700: #645A72;
  --brand-800: #50485B;
  --brand-900: #3C3644;
  --brand-950: #26222A;
  --brand: #ccc7d3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F6F8;
  --brand-border: #D5D1DB;
  --brand-hover: #BAB3C3;
  --brand-pressed: #A89FB4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1B191F;
    --brand-ink: #E0DDE4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F7F8',
        100: '#EFEEF1',
        200: '#DDDAE1',
        300: '#ccc7d3',
        400: '#A9A1B5',
        500: '#8D819C',
        600: '#786C89',
        700: '#645A72',
        800: '#50485B',
        900: '#3C3644',
        950: '#26222A',
        DEFAULT: '#ccc7d3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F7F8,
  '100': #EFEEF1,
  '200': #DDDAE1,
  '300': #ccc7d3,
  '400': #A9A1B5,
  '500': #8D819C,
  '600': #786C89,
  '700': #645A72,
  '800': #50485B,
  '900': #3C3644,
  '950': #26222A,
);
$brand-base: #ccc7d3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EFEEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DDDAE1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ccc7d3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A9A1B5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8D819C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#786C89", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#645A72", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#50485B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3C3644", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#26222A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #ccc7d3 · 12.68:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.66:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.68:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ccc7d3 as text scores 1.66:1 on white and 12.68:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #3E3847 at 6.81:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#7E7190 · 4.51:1
AA on white−30% L
#7E7190
The quick fox
#5D546B · 7.13:1
AAA on white−43% L
#5D546B
The quick fox
#ccc7d3 · 12.68:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ccc7d3
The quick fox
#ccc7d3 · 12.68:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ccc7d3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9B91A8 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ccc7d3 on white: 1.66:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ccc7d3 on black: 12.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ccc7d3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ccc7d3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.66:1AaAa
Slate 501.58:1AaAa
Slate 1001.51:1AaAa
Slate 2001.34:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.55:1AaAa
Slate 5002.87:1AaAa
Slate 6004.57:1AaAa
Slate 7006.25:1AaAa
Slate 8008.83:1AaAa
Slate 90010.78:1AaAa
Black12.68:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C5C9D4
deuteranopia · #C6C9D3
tritanopia · #CBC8CB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ccc7d3 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F7F8
#EFEEF1
#DDDAE1
#ccc7d3
#A9A1B5
#8D819C
#786C89
#645A72
#50485B
#3C3644
#26222A
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F7F7F8Darkest = 950 · #26222AText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.004 304.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.007 304.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.010 304.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.013 304.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.016 304.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.017 304.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.017 304.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.016 304.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.015 304.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.012 304.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.010 304.8);
}

Colors that work with #ccc7d3

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7F6F8
Tinted page background
Border#D5D1DB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#706581
Captions on the surface
Accent#707656
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3E3847
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2F1F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1B191F
Dark-mode background
Hover#BAB3C3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A89FB4
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F4F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6CEE0
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

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How to use #ccc7d3

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #3E3847
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9B91A8

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight20/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CED3C7
Analogous left#C7C8D3
Analogous right#D2C7D3
Split-complement 1#D3D2C7
Split-complement 2#C8D3C7
Triadic 1#D3CCC7
Triadic 2#C7D3CC
Tetradic#D3C7C8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°265°

#ccc7d3 sits at 265°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green78.0%
Blue82.7%
R · 0–255
204
0xcc
G · 0–255
199
0xc7
B · 0–255
211
0xd3

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.3%
Magenta5.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)17.3%

Total ink coverage is 26%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ccc7d3 text on a black background

contrast 12.68:1

Card sample

#ccc7d3 text on a white background

contrast 1.66:1

Card sample

#ccc7d3 on grey

1.51:1

#ccc7d3 on its own surface

1.54:1

#ccc7d3 on its dark surface

10.52:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ccc7d3;
Background color
Panel with #ccc7d3 background
background-color: #ccc7d3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ccc7d3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 199, 211, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 199, 211, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ccc7d3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc7d3, #D3C7D2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccc7d3, #D3C7CF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ccc7d3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ccc7d3;
caret-color: #ccc7d3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ccc7d3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2F1F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ccc7d3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ccc7d3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ccc7d3 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(204, 199, 211, 0.5)
rgb(204 199 211 / 50%)
#ccc7d380
hsl(265 12% 80% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ccc7d3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ccc7d31a#FAF9FB
20%#ccc7d333#F5F4F6
40%#ccc7d366#EBE9ED
60%#ccc7d399#E0DDE5
80%#ccc7d3cc#D6D2DC

Gradients from #ccc7d3

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBE9EE, #ccc7d3 45%, #3E3847);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ccc7d3, #C6B6C3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccc7d3, #CED3C7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F6F8 0%, #ccc7d3 45%, #3E3847 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F6F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E4E5E9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E0D8E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3E3847 0%, transparent 65%), #ccc7d3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ccc7d3

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ccc7d3 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.68:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ccc7d3, answered

What color is #ccc7d3?

#ccc7d3 is a light muted violet, closest to Silver (ΔE2000 7.1). It sits at 265° on the hue wheel with 12% saturation and 80% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ccc7d3?

rgb(204, 199, 211) — 204 red, 199 green and 211 blue out of 255, or 80% / 78% / 82.7% by channel.

What is #ccc7d3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(265, 12%, 80%) and hsv(265, 6%, 83%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ccc7d3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5839 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 12.68:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ccc7d3?

Black. It scores 12.68:1 against #ccc7d3, versus 1.66:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ccc7d3 accessible on a white background?

#ccc7d3 on white scores 1.66:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #7E7190 to reach 4.5:1, or #5D546B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ccc7d3?

#CED3C7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D3D2C7 and #C8D3C7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ccc7d3?

For interface work: #F7F6F8 as the surface, #D5D1DB for borders, #706581 for secondary text, #707656 as an accent and #3E3847 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C7C8D3 and #D2C7D3 stays calm, while #CED3C7 is the loudest partner.

What is #ccc7d3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 6%, 0%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ccc7d3 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D0C7D3; nudged cooler, #C7C6D4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ccc7d3?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 27.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ccc7d3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ccc7d3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ccc7d3] or text-[#ccc7d3], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ccc7d3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(204, 199, 211, 0.5), or #ccc7d380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6E3E9; over black, #66646A.

Is #ccc7d3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ccc7d3 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #ccc7d3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBE9EE, #ccc7d3 45%, #3E3847). For more colour, a short hue run to #C6B6C3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ccc7d3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ccc7d3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.