#C8B3FF#C8B3FF

#C8B3FF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.108 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B3FF
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 255)
HSL	hsl(257, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(257, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, 22.66, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 41.55, 303.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% 0.0482 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.108 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9854, 51.7391, 101.5201)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B3FF #EAFFB3

analogous

#B3C4FF #C8B3FF #EEB3FF

triadic

#C8B3FF #FFC8B3 #B3FFC8

tetradic

#C8B3FF #FFB3C4 #EAFFB3 #B3FFEE

square

#C8B3FF #FFB3C4 #EAFFB3 #B3FFEE

split-complementary

#C8B3FF #FFEEB3 #C4FFB3

monochromatic

#6F39FF #9C76FF #C8B3FF #E9E0FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8B3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C8B3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B3FF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B3FF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.108 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c9ff',
    500: '#c8b3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b3ff;
$custom-light: #d9c9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81158,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B3FF

secondary

#C5E670

accent

#E600A6

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FF

border

#D4D2D7

text

#151318

muted

#848286

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B3FF

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

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