#C2B8D8#C2B8D8

#C2B8D8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.046 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B8D8
RGB	rgb(194, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 9.65, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 17.64, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0227 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.046 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7809, 50.7081, 72.0121)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B8D8 #CED8B8

analogous

#B8BED8 #C2B8D8 #D2B8D8

triadic

#C2B8D8 #D8C2B8 #B8D8C2

tetradic

#C2B8D8 #D8B8BE #CED8B8 #B8D8D2

square

#C2B8D8 #D8B8BE #CED8B8 #B8D8D2

split-complementary

#C2B8D8 #D8D2B8 #BED8B8

monochromatic

#7E69AD #A090C2 #C2B8D8 #E4E0EE #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C2B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C2B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B8D8

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B8D8	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.046 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cde4',
    500: '#c2b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b8d8;
$custom-light: #d4cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80106,
    "c": 0.04587,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B8D8

secondary

#A2AF86

accent

#A83E87

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B8D8

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

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