#C8B4CD#C8B4CD

#C8B4CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.041 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4CD
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 11.65, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 15.36, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% 0.0313 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.041 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1585, 49.3302, 64.5724)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4CD #B9CDB4

analogous

#BBB4CD #C8B4CD #CDB4C5

triadic

#C8B4CD #CDC8B4 #B4CDC8

tetradic

#C8B4CD #CDBBB4 #B9CDB4 #B4C5CD

square

#C8B4CD #CDBBB4 #B9CDB4 #B4C5CD

split-complementary

#C8B4CD #C5CDB4 #B4CDBB

monochromatic

#926B9C #AD8FB5 #C8B4CD #E3D9E5 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C8B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4CD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4CD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.041 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cadc',
    500: '#c8b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4cd;
$custom-light: #d8cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79457,
    "c": 0.04114,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4CD

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9E4759

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4CD

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

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