#C8B4E4#C8B4E4

#C8B4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.070 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4E4
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(265, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 16.25, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 26.86, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.039 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.07 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1416, 50.5234, 80.2834)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4E4 #D0E4B4

analogous

#B4B8E4 #C8B4E4 #E0B4E4

triadic

#C8B4E4 #E4C8B4 #B4E4C8

tetradic

#C8B4E4 #E4B4B8 #D0E4B4 #B4E4E0

square

#C8B4E4 #E4B4B8 #D0E4B4 #B4E4E0

split-complementary

#C8B4E4 #E4E0B4 #B8E4B4

monochromatic

#865AC4 #A787D4 #C8B4E4 #E9E1F4 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C8B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4E4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4E4	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.070 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caec',
    500: '#c8b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4e4;
$custom-light: #d9caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80268,
    "c": 0.07002,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4E4

secondary

#A3BE7E

accent

#BA2B7F

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4E4

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

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