#C8B4D2#C8B4D2

#C8B4D2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.047 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4D2
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 25%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 12.62, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 17.76, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.033 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.047 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7717, 49.5754, 67.8019)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4D2 #BED2B4

analogous

#B9B4D2 #C8B4D2 #D2B4CD

triadic

#C8B4D2 #D2C8B4 #B4D2C8

tetradic

#C8B4D2 #D2B9B4 #BED2B4 #B4CDD2

square

#C8B4D2 #D2B9B4 #BED2B4 #B4CDD2

split-complementary

#C8B4D2 #CDD2B4 #B4D2B9

monochromatic

#9068A4 #AC8EBB #C8B4D2 #E4DAE9 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8B4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4D2

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4D2	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.047 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cadf',
    500: '#c8b4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4d2;
$custom-light: #d8cadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79625,
    "c": 0.04707,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4D2

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A44262

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4D2

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

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