#C8B5EA#C8B5EA

#C8B5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.076 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5EA
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 16.96, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 29.35, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0394 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.076 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1916, 51.2676, 84.8139)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5EA #D7EAB5

analogous

#B5BDEA #C8B5EA #E3B5EA

triadic

#C8B5EA #EAC8B5 #B5EAC8

tetradic

#C8B5EA #EAB5BD #D7EAB5 #B5EAE3

square

#C8B5EA #EAB5BD #D7EAB5 #B5EAE3

split-complementary

#C8B5EA #EAE3B5 #BDEAB5

monochromatic

#8156CF #A585DC #C8B5EA #EBE5F8 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8B5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C8B5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5EA

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5EA	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.076 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbf0',
    500: '#c8b5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5ea;
$custom-light: #d9cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5EA

secondary

#ACC67D

accent

#C3228A

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#141316

muted

#838285

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5EA

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

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