#C8B4FF#C8B4FF

#C8B4FF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.106 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4FF
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 22.12, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 40.94, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0468 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.106 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1866, 52.1414, 101.5872)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4FF #EBFFB4

analogous

#B4C5FF #C8B4FF #EDB4FF

triadic

#C8B4FF #FFC8B4 #B4FFC8

tetradic

#C8B4FF #FFB4C5 #EBFFB4 #B4FFED

square

#C8B4FF #FFB4C5 #EBFFB4 #B4FFED

split-complementary

#C8B4FF #FFEDB4 #C5FFB4

monochromatic

#6E3AFF #9B77FF #C8B4FF #E9E0FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8B4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#C8B4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4FF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4FF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.106 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caff',
    500: '#c8b4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4ff;
$custom-light: #d9caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4FF

secondary

#C7E671

accent

#E600A8

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FF

border

#D4D2D7

text

#151318

muted

#848286

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4FF

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

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