#C8B4EA#C8B4EA

#C8B4EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.078 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4EA
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 17.51, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 29.97, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0408 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.078 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9890, 50.8624, 84.7464)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4EA #D6EAB4

analogous

#B4BBEA #C8B4EA #E3B4EA

triadic

#C8B4EA #EAC8B4 #B4EAC8

tetradic

#C8B4EA #EAB4BB #D6EAB4 #B4EAE3

square

#C8B4EA #EAB4BB #D6EAB4 #B4EAE3

split-complementary

#C8B4EA #EAE3B4 #BBEAB4

monochromatic

#8254CF #A584DD #C8B4EA #EBE4F7 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8B4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8B4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4EA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4EA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.078 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caf0',
    500: '#c8b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4ea;
$custom-light: #d9caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80496,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4EA

secondary

#ABC67C

accent

#C42288

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#141316

muted

#838285

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4EA

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

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