#C8B4E2#C8B4E2

#C8B4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.067 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4E2
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(266, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 15.83, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 25.83, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0384 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.067 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8656, 50.4130, 78.8297)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4E2 #CEE2B4

analogous

#B4B7E2 #C8B4E2 #DFB4E2

triadic

#C8B4E2 #E2C8B4 #B4E2C8

tetradic

#C8B4E2 #E2B4B7 #CEE2B4 #B4E2DF

square

#C8B4E2 #E2B4B7 #CEE2B4 #B4E2DF

split-complementary

#C8B4E2 #E2DFB4 #B7E2B4

monochromatic

#875CC0 #A888D1 #C8B4E2 #E8E0F3 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C8B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4E2

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4E2	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.067 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caeb',
    500: '#c8b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4e2;
$custom-light: #d9caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80194,
    "c": 0.0674,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4E2

secondary

#A1BB7F

accent

#B72E7C

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4E2

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

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