#C8B5CD#C8B5CD

#C8B5CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.039 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5CD
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 11.11, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 14.70, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0298 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.039 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3611, 49.7354, 64.6399)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5CD #BACDB5

analogous

#BCB5CD #C8B5CD #CDB5C6

triadic

#C8B5CD #CDC8B5 #B5CDC8

tetradic

#C8B5CD #CDBCB5 #BACDB5 #B5C6CD

square

#C8B5CD #CDBCB5 #BACDB5 #B5C6CD

split-complementary

#C8B5CD #C6CDB5 #B5CDBC

monochromatic

#926C9C #AD90B4 #C8B5CD #E3DAE6 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C8B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5CD

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5CD	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.039 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbdc',
    500: '#c8b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5cd;
$custom-light: #d8cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79652,
    "c": 0.03935,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5CD

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9E485A

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5CD

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

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