#C8B0C8#C8B0C8

#C8B0C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.043 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B0C8
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 12.88, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 15.70, 325.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0355 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.043 326)
XYZ	xyz(49.7687, 47.5009, 61.1792)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B0C8 #B0C8B0

analogous

#BCB0C8 #C8B0C8 #C8B0BC

triadic

#C8B0C8 #C8C8B0 #B0C8C8

tetradic

#C8B0C8 #C8BCB0 #B0C8B0 #B0BCC8

square

#C8B0C8 #C8BCB0 #B0C8B0 #B0BCC8

split-complementary

#C8B0C8 #BCC8B0 #B0C8BC

monochromatic

#966896 #AF8CAF #C8B0C8 #E1D4E1 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C8B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B0C8

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B0C8	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.043 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c7d8',
    500: '#c8b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b0c8;
$custom-light: #d8c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78516,
    "c": 0.04278,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B0C8

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#9C4949

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B0C8

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

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