#C8B6CE#C8B6CE

#C8B6CE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.039 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B6CE
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(285, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 10.76, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 14.52, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0287 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.039 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6862, 50.1919, 65.3457)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B6CE #BCCEB6

analogous

#BCB6CE #C8B6CE #CEB6C8

triadic

#C8B6CE #CEC8B6 #B6CEC8

tetradic

#C8B6CE #CEBCB6 #BCCEB6 #B6C8CE

square

#C8B6CE #CEBCB6 #BCCEB6 #B6C8CE

split-complementary

#C8B6CE #C8CEB6 #B6CEBC

monochromatic

#916D9D #AC91B5 #C8B6CE #E4DBE7 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8B6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C8B6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B6CE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B6CE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.039 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbdd',
    500: '#c8b6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b6ce;
$custom-light: #d8cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 19.672,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7988,
    "c": 0.03874,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B6CE

secondary

#8DA385

accent

#9E475D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B6CE

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

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