#C2B8D6#C2B8D6

#C2B8D6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.043 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B8D6
RGB	rgb(194, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 14%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 9.24, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 16.59, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% 0.022 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.043 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5239, 50.6053, 70.6587)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B8D6 #CCD6B8

analogous

#B8BDD6 #C2B8D6 #D1B8D6

triadic

#C2B8D6 #D6C2B8 #B8D6C2

tetradic

#C2B8D6 #D6B8BD #CCD6B8 #B8D6D1

square

#C2B8D6 #D6B8BD #CCD6B8 #B8D6D1

split-complementary

#C2B8D6 #D6D1B8 #BDD6B8

monochromatic

#7F6AA9 #A191C0 #C2B8D6 #E3DFEC #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C2B8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C2B8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B8D6

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B8D6	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.043 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cde2',
    500: '#c2b8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b8d6;
$custom-light: #d4cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80037,
    "c": 0.04316,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B8D6

secondary

#9FAC86

accent

#A54084

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B8D6

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

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