#C8B8C8#C8B8C8

#C8B8C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.028 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8C8
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 8.54, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 10.44, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0235 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.028 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3837, 50.7309, 61.7175)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8C8 #B8C8B8

analogous

#C0B8C8 #C8B8C8 #C8B8C0

triadic

#C8B8C8 #C8C8B8 #B8C8C8

tetradic

#C8B8C8 #C8C0B8 #B8C8B8 #B8C0C8

square

#C8B8C8 #C8C0B8 #B8C8B8 #B8C0C8

split-complementary

#C8B8C8 #C0C8B8 #B8C8C0

monochromatic

#937393 #AD96AD #C8B8C8 #E3DAE3 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8B8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C8B8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8C8

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8C8	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.028 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cdd8',
    500: '#c8b8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8c8;
$custom-light: #d8cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80078,
    "c": 0.0284,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8C8

secondary

#889C88

accent

#974F4F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8C8

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

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