#C8B2DB#C8B2DB

#C8B2DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.062 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B2DB
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 15.49, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 23.53, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.039 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.062 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5238, 49.2349, 73.7404)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B2DB #C5DBB2

analogous

#B3B2DB #C8B2DB #DBB2D9

triadic

#C8B2DB #DBC8B2 #B2DBC8

tetradic

#C8B2DB #DBB3B2 #C5DBB2 #B2D9DB

square

#C8B2DB #DBB3B2 #C5DBB2 #B2D9DB

split-complementary

#C8B2DB #D9DBB2 #B2DBB3

monochromatic

#8C5FB4 #AA88C8 #C8B2DB #E6DCEE #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C8B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B2DB

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B2DB	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.062 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c9e6',
    500: '#c8b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b2db;
$custom-light: #d9c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79556,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B2DB

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#AF366E

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FC

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B2DB

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

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