#C8B6CA#C8B6CA

#C8B6CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.034 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B6CA
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(294, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(294, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 10.00, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 12.65, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0272 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.034 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2065, 50.0000, 62.8190)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B6CA #B8CAB6

analogous

#BEB6CA #C8B6CA #CAB6C2

triadic

#C8B6CA #CAC8B6 #B6CAC8

tetradic

#C8B6CA #CABEB6 #B8CAB6 #B6C2CA

square

#C8B6CA #CABEB6 #B8CAB6 #B6C2CA

split-complementary

#C8B6CA #C2CAB6 #B6CABE

monochromatic

#936F97 #AD93B0 #C8B6CA #E3D9E4 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C8B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B6CA

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B6CA	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.034 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbda',
    500: '#c8b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b6ca;
$custom-light: #d8cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79749,
    "c": 0.03415,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B6CA

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#9A4B53

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B6CA

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

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