#C8B8CA#C8B8CA

#C8B8CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.031 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8CA
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 8.92, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 11.34, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0242 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.031 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6190, 50.8251, 62.9566)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8CA #BACAB8

analogous

#BFB8CA #C8B8CA #CAB8C3

triadic

#C8B8CA #CAC8B8 #B8CAC8

tetradic

#C8B8CA #CABFB8 #BACAB8 #B8C3CA

square

#C8B8CA #CABFB8 #BACAB8 #B8C3CA

split-complementary

#C8B8CA #C3CAB8 #B8CABF

monochromatic

#927296 #AD95B0 #C8B8CA #E3DBE4 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8CA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8CA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.031 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cdda',
    500: '#c8b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8ca;
$custom-light: #d8cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80142,
    "c": 0.03058,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8CA

secondary

#8B9E88

accent

#994D55

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8CA

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

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