#C8B3CA#C8B3CA

#C8B3CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.040 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B3CA
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(295, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(295, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, 11.62, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 14.62, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0317 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.04 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5987, 48.7844, 62.6164)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B3CA #B5CAB3

analogous

#BDB3CA #C8B3CA #CAB3C1

triadic

#C8B3CA #CAC8B3 #B3CAC8

tetradic

#C8B3CA #CABDB3 #B5CAB3 #B3C1CA

square

#C8B3CA #CABDB3 #B5CAB3 #B3C1CA

split-complementary

#C8B3CA #C1CAB3 #B3CABD

monochromatic

#946B98 #AE8FB1 #C8B3CA #E2D7E3 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C8B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B3CA

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B3CA	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.040 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9da',
    500: '#c8b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b3ca;
$custom-light: #d8c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 17.829,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79164,
    "c": 0.03954,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B3CA

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9C4951

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B3CA

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