#C8B3CC#C8B3CC

#C8B3CC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.042 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B3CC
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(290, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 12.00, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 15.54, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0324 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.042 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8370, 48.8797, 63.8717)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B3CC #B7CCB3

analogous

#BBB3CC #C8B3CC #CCB3C3

triadic

#C8B3CC #CCC8B3 #B3CCC8

tetradic

#C8B3CC #CCBBB3 #B7CCB3 #B3C3CC

square

#C8B3CC #CCBBB3 #B7CCB3 #B3C3CC

split-complementary

#C8B3CC #C3CCB3 #B3CCBB

monochromatic

#936A9B #AD8EB3 #C8B3CC #E3D8E5 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8B3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C8B3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B3CC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B3CC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.042 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9db',
    500: '#c8b3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b3cc;
$custom-light: #d8c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 19.685,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7923,
    "c": 0.04177,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B3CC

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9E4755

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B3CC

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

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