#C8B2C8#C8B2C8

#C8B2C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.039 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B2C8
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 11.79, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 14.39, 325.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0325 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.039 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1637, 48.2909, 61.3108)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B2C8 #B2C8B2

analogous

#BDB2C8 #C8B2C8 #C8B2BD

triadic

#C8B2C8 #C8C8B2 #B2C8C8

tetradic

#C8B2C8 #C8BDB2 #B2C8B2 #B2BDC8

square

#C8B2C8 #C8BDB2 #B2C8B2 #B2BDC8

split-complementary

#C8B2C8 #BDC8B2 #B2C8BD

monochromatic

#956B95 #AF8EAF #C8B2C8 #E2D6E2 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C8B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B2C8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B2C8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.039 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9d8',
    500: '#c8b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b2c8;
$custom-light: #d8c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78904,
    "c": 0.03917,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B2C8

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B2C8

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

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