#C8B4C8#C8B4C8

#C8B4C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.036 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4C8
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 10.71, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 13.07, 324.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.0295 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.036 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5646, 49.0926, 61.4444)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4C8 #B4C8B4

analogous

#BEB4C8 #C8B4C8 #C8B4BE

triadic

#C8B4C8 #C8C8B4 #B4C8C8

tetradic

#C8B4C8 #C8BEB4 #B4C8B4 #B4BEC8

square

#C8B4C8 #C8BEB4 #B4C8B4 #B4BEC8

split-complementary

#C8B4C8 #BEC8B4 #B4C8BE

monochromatic

#946D94 #AE91AE #C8B4C8 #E2D7E2 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C8B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4C8

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4C8	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.036 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cad8',
    500: '#c8b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4c8;
$custom-light: #d8cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79294,
    "c": 0.03557,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4C8

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#9A4C4C

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4C8

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

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