#C8B4E9#C8B4E9

#C8B4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.077 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4E9
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(263, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, 17.30, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 29.45, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0405 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.077 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8457, 50.8051, 83.9919)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4E9 #D5E9B4

analogous

#B4BAE9 #C8B4E9 #E2B4E9

triadic

#C8B4E9 #E9C8B4 #B4E9C8

tetradic

#C8B4E9 #E9B4BA #D5E9B4 #B4E9E2

square

#C8B4E9 #E9B4BA #D5E9B4 #B4E9E2

split-complementary

#C8B4E9 #E9E2B4 #BAE9B4

monochromatic

#8355CD #A585DB #C8B4E9 #EBE3F7 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C8B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4E9

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4E9	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.077 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caf0',
    500: '#c8b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4e9;
$custom-light: #d9caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4E9

secondary

#A9C57C

accent

#C22386

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#141316

muted

#838285

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4E9

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

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