#C8B3CE#C8B3CE

#C8B3CE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.044 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B3CE
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(287, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 12.39, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 16.48, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% 0.0331 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.044 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0784, 48.9763, 65.1431)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B3CE #B9CEB3

analogous

#BAB3CE #C8B3CE #CEB3C6

triadic

#C8B3CE #CEC8B3 #B3CEC8

tetradic

#C8B3CE #CEBAB3 #B9CEB3 #B3C6CE

square

#C8B3CE #CEBAB3 #B9CEB3 #B3C6CE

split-complementary

#C8B3CE #C6CEB3 #B3CEBA

monochromatic

#92699E #AD8EB6 #C8B3CE #E3D8E6 #F2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C8B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B3CE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B3CE	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.044 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c9dd',
    500: '#c8b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b3ce;
$custom-light: #d8c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 21.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79296,
    "c": 0.04408,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B3CE

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#A0455A

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B3CE

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

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