#C8B6C8#C8B6C8

#C8B6C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.032 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B6C8
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 9.62, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 11.76, 324.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0265 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.032 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9712, 49.9059, 61.5800)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B6C8 #B6C8B6

analogous

#BFB6C8 #C8B6C8 #C8B6BF

triadic

#C8B6C8 #C8C8B6 #B6C8C8

tetradic

#C8B6C8 #C8BFB6 #B6C8B6 #B6BFC8

square

#C8B6C8 #C8BFB6 #B6C8B6 #B6BFC8

split-complementary

#C8B6C8 #BFC8B6 #B6C8BF

monochromatic

#937093 #AE93AE #C8B6C8 #E2D9E2 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B6C8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B6C8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.032 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbd8',
    500: '#c8b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b6c8;
$custom-light: #d8cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79685,
    "c": 0.03198,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B6C8

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#984D4D

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B6C8

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

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