#C8B5CA#C8B5CA

#C8B5CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.036 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5CA
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(294, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(294, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, 10.54, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 13.31, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0287 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.036 323)
XYZ	xyz(51.0024, 49.5919, 62.7510)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5CA #B7CAB5

analogous

#BEB5CA #C8B5CA #CAB5C1

triadic

#C8B5CA #CAC8B5 #B5CAC8

tetradic

#C8B5CA #CABEB5 #B7CAB5 #B5C1CA

square

#C8B5CA #CABEB5 #B7CAB5 #B5C1CA

split-complementary

#C8B5CA #C1CAB5 #B5CABE

monochromatic

#936E97 #AD91B0 #C8B5CA #E3D9E4 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5CA

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5CA	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.036 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbda',
    500: '#c8b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5ca;
$custom-light: #d8cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79554,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.49591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5CA

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#9B4B52

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5CA

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

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