#C2B8CC#C2B8CC

#C2B8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.030 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B8CC
RGB	rgb(194, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 7.25, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 11.40, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0184 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.03 308)
XYZ	xyz(50.2858, 50.1101, 64.1381)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B8CC #C2CCB8

analogous

#B8B8CC #C2B8CC #CCB8CC

triadic

#C2B8CC #CCC2B8 #B8CCC2

tetradic

#C2B8CC #CCB8B8 #C2CCB8 #B8CCCC

square

#C2B8CC #CCB8B8 #C2CCB8 #B8CCCC

split-complementary

#C2B8CC #CCCCB8 #B8CCB8

monochromatic

#857199 #A394B2 #C2B8CC #E1DCE6 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C2B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C2B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B8CC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B8CC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.030 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cddb',
    500: '#c2b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b8cc;
$custom-light: #d4cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.393,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79701,
    "c": 0.02989,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.5011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B8CC

secondary

#94A088

accent

#9B4B73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B8CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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