#C8B5CC#C8B5CC

#C8B5CC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.038 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5CC
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(290, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 10.92, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 14.23, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0294 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.038 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2408, 49.6872, 64.0062)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5CC #B9CCB5

analogous

#BCB5CC #C8B5CC #CCB5C4

triadic

#C8B5CC #CCC8B5 #B5CCC8

tetradic

#C8B5CC #CCBCB5 #B9CCB5 #B5C4CC

square

#C8B5CC #CCBCB5 #B9CCB5 #B5C4CC

split-complementary

#C8B5CC #C4CCB5 #B5CCBC

monochromatic

#926D9A #AD91B3 #C8B5CC #E3D9E5 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C8B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5CC

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5CC	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.038 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbdb',
    500: '#c8b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5cc;
$custom-light: #d8cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79619,
    "c": 0.03819,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5CC

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9D4957

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5CC

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

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