#C8B2CA#C8B2CA

#C8B2CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.041 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B2CA
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(295, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 12.17, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 15.28, 322.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0332 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.041 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3990, 48.3850, 62.5499)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B2CA #B4CAB2

analogous

#BCB2CA #C8B2CA #CAB2C0

triadic

#C8B2CA #CAC8B2 #B2CAC8

tetradic

#C8B2CA #CABCB2 #B4CAB2 #B2C0CA

square

#C8B2CA #CABCB2 #B4CAB2 #B2C0CA

split-complementary

#C8B2CA #C0CAB2 #B2CABC

monochromatic

#946A98 #AE8EB1 #C8B2CA #E2D6E3 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C8B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B2CA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B2CA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.041 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9da',
    500: '#c8b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b2ca;
$custom-light: #d8c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.04133,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B2CA

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9D4950

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B2CA

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