#C8B5CE#C8B5CE

#C8B5CE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.041 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5CE
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(286, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 11.30, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 15.18, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0301 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.041 318)
XYZ	xyz(51.4822, 49.7838, 65.2777)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5CE #BBCEB5

analogous

#BBB5CE #C8B5CE #CEB5C7

triadic

#C8B5CE #CEC8B5 #B5CEC8

tetradic

#C8B5CE #CEBBB5 #BBCEB5 #B5C7CE

square

#C8B5CE #CEBBB5 #BBCEB5 #B5C7CE

split-complementary

#C8B5CE #C7CEB5 #B5CEBB

monochromatic

#916B9D #AD90B6 #C8B5CE #E3DAE6 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C8B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5CE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5CE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.041 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbdd',
    500: '#c8b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5ce;
$custom-light: #d8cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79685,
    "c": 0.04052,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.49783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5CE

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9F475C

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5CE

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

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