#C2B8D4#C2B8D4

#C2B8D4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.040 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B8D4
RGB	rgb(194, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 8.84, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 15.54, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0213 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.04 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2701, 50.5038, 69.3218)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B8D4 #CAD4B8

analogous

#B8BCD4 #C2B8D4 #D0B8D4

triadic

#C2B8D4 #D4C2B8 #B8D4C2

tetradic

#C2B8D4 #D4B8BC #CAD4B8 #B8D4D0

square

#C2B8D4 #D4B8BC #CAD4B8 #B8D4D0

split-complementary

#C2B8D4 #D4D0B8 #BCD4B8

monochromatic

#816CA6 #A192BD #C2B8D4 #E3DEEB #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C2B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C2B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B8D4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B8D4	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.040 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cde1',
    500: '#c2b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b8d4;
$custom-light: #d4cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79968,
    "c": 0.04047,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B8D4

secondary

#9DAA86

accent

#A34281

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B8D4

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

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