#C8B2C6#C8B2C6

#C8B2C6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.037 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B2C6
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 198)
HSL	hsl(305, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(305, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 1%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, 11.42, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 13.52, 327.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0317 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.037 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9315, 48.1980, 60.0879)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B2C6 #B2C8B4

analogous

#BFB2C8 #C8B2C6 #C8B2BB

triadic

#C8B2C6 #C6C8B2 #B2C6C8

tetradic

#C8B2C6 #C8BFB2 #B2C8B4 #B2BBC8

square

#C8B2C6 #C8BFB2 #B2C8B4 #B2BBC8

split-complementary

#C8B2C6 #BBC8B2 #B2C8BF

monochromatic

#956B91 #AF8EAC #C8B2C6 #E2D6E0 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8B2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8B2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B2C6

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B2C6	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.037 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9d7',
    500: '#c8b2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b2c6;
$custom-light: #d8c9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78839,
    "c": 0.0371,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B2C6

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#9B524B

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B2C6

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

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