#C8B4E5#C8B4E5

#C8B4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.071 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4E5
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(264, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 16.46, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 27.38, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0393 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.071 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2808, 50.5791, 81.0167)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4E5 #D1E5B4

analogous

#B4B8E5 #C8B4E5 #E1B4E5

triadic

#C8B4E5 #E5C8B4 #B4E5C8

tetradic

#C8B4E5 #E5B4B8 #D1E5B4 #B4E5E1

square

#C8B4E5 #E5B4B8 #D1E5B4 #B4E5E1

split-complementary

#C8B4E5 #E5E1B4 #B8E5B4

monochromatic

#8559C5 #A787D5 #C8B4E5 #E9E1F5 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C8B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4E5

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4E5	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.071 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caed',
    500: '#c8b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4e5;
$custom-light: #d9caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80306,
    "c": 0.07133,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4E5

secondary

#A5BF7E

accent

#BC2A80

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4E5

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

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