#C8B3CD#C8B3CD

#C8B3CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.043 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B3CD
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(288, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 12.19, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 16.01, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0328 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.043 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9573, 48.9279, 64.5053)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B3CD #B8CDB3

analogous

#BBB3CD #C8B3CD #CDB3C5

triadic

#C8B3CD #CDC8B3 #B3CDC8

tetradic

#C8B3CD #CDBBB3 #B8CDB3 #B3C5CD

square

#C8B3CD #CDBBB3 #B8CDB3 #B3C5CD

split-complementary

#C8B3CD #C5CDB3 #B3CDBB

monochromatic

#93699C #AD8EB5 #C8B3CD #E3D8E5 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C8B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B3CD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B3CD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.043 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9dc',
    500: '#c8b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b3cd;
$custom-light: #d8c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79263,
    "c": 0.04292,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B3CD

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9F4658

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B3CD

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

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