#C8B4CC#C8B4CC

#C8B4CC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.040 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4CC
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(290, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 11.46, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 14.89, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% 0.0309 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.04 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0382, 49.2820, 63.9387)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4CC #B8CCB4

analogous

#BCB4CC #C8B4CC #CCB4C4

triadic

#C8B4CC #CCC8B4 #B4CCC8

tetradic

#C8B4CC #CCBCB4 #B8CCB4 #B4C4CC

square

#C8B4CC #CCBCB4 #B8CCB4 #B4C4CC

split-complementary

#C8B4CC #C4CCB4 #B4CCBC

monochromatic

#936B9A #AD90B3 #C8B4CC #E3D8E5 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C8B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4CC

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4CC	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.040 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cadb',
    500: '#c8b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4cc;
$custom-light: #d8cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79424,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4CC

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9D4856

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4CC

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

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