#C8B4E1#C8B4E1

#C8B4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.066 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4E1
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(267, 43%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 15.63, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 25.32, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.038 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.066 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7287, 50.3583, 78.1092)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4E1 #CDE1B4

analogous

#B4B7E1 #C8B4E1 #DFB4E1

triadic

#C8B4E1 #E1C8B4 #B4E1C8

tetradic

#C8B4E1 #E1B4B7 #CDE1B4 #B4E1DF

square

#C8B4E1 #E1B4B7 #CDE1B4 #B4E1DF

split-complementary

#C8B4E1 #E1DFB4 #B7E1B4

monochromatic

#885DBE #A888D0 #C8B4E1 #E8E0F2 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4E1

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4E1	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.066 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caea',
    500: '#c8b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4e1;
$custom-light: #d9caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80157,
    "c": 0.06609,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4E1

secondary

#A0BA7F

accent

#B6307A

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4E1

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

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