#C8B4E7#C8B4E7

#C8B4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.074 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4E7
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(264, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 16.88, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 28.41, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0399 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.074 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5617, 50.6914, 82.4958)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4E7 #D3E7B4

analogous

#B4B9E7 #C8B4E7 #E1B4E7

triadic

#C8B4E7 #E7C8B4 #B4E7C8

tetradic

#C8B4E7 #E7B4B9 #D3E7B4 #B4E7E1

square

#C8B4E7 #E7B4B9 #D3E7B4 #B4E7E1

split-complementary

#C8B4E7 #E7E1B4 #B9E7B4

monochromatic

#8457C9 #A686D8 #C8B4E7 #EAE2F6 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C8B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4E7

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4E7	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.074 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caee',
    500: '#c8b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4e7;
$custom-light: #d9caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80381,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4E7

secondary

#A7C27D

accent

#BF2783

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#141316

muted

#838285

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4E7

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

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