#C8B5CB#C8B5CB

#C8B5CB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.037 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5CB
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(292, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(292, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, 10.73, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 13.77, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0291 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.037 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1212, 49.6394, 63.3766)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5CB #B8CBB5

analogous

#BDB5CB #C8B5CB #CBB5C3

triadic

#C8B5CB #CBC8B5 #B5CBC8

tetradic

#C8B5CB #CBBDB5 #B8CBB5 #B5C3CB

square

#C8B5CB #CBBDB5 #B8CBB5 #B5C3CB

split-complementary

#C8B5CB #C3CBB5 #B5CBBD

monochromatic

#936D98 #AD91B2 #C8B5CB #E3D9E4 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C8B5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5CB

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5CB	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.037 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbda',
    500: '#c8b5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5cb;
$custom-light: #d8cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79586,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5CB

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9C4A55

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5CB

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

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