#C8B6D6#C8B6D6

#C8B6D6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.049 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B6D6
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 214)
HSL	hsl(274, 28%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 15%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 12.31, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 18.45, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0315 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.049 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6829, 50.5906, 70.5948)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B6D6 #C4D6B6

analogous

#B8B6D6 #C8B6D6 #D6B6D4

triadic

#C8B6D6 #D6C8B6 #B6D6C8

tetradic

#C8B6D6 #D6B8B6 #C4D6B6 #B6D4D6

square

#C8B6D6 #D6B8B6 #C4D6B6 #B6D4D6

split-complementary

#C8B6D6 #D4D6B6 #B6D6B8

monochromatic

#8D68AA #AA8FC0 #C8B6D6 #E6DDEC #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C8B6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B6D6

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B6D6	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.049 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cbe2',
    500: '#c8b6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b6d6;
$custom-light: #d8cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8015,
    "c": 0.04854,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B6D6

secondary

#96AC84

accent

#A73F6C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B6D6

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

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