#C8B8CD#C8B8CD

#C8B8CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.034 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8CD
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(286, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 9.48, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 12.74, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0253 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.034 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9776, 50.9685, 64.8454)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8CD #BDCDB8

analogous

#BEB8CD #C8B8CD #CDB8C8

triadic

#C8B8CD #CDC8B8 #B8CDC8

tetradic

#C8B8CD #CDBEB8 #BDCDB8 #B8C8CD

square

#C8B8CD #CDBEB8 #BDCDB8 #B8C8CD

split-complementary

#C8B8CD #C8CDB8 #B8CDBE

monochromatic

#90709A #AC94B4 #C8B8CD #E4DCE6 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#C8B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8CD

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8CD	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.034 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cddc',
    500: '#c8b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8cd;
$custom-light: #d8cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.03401,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8CD

secondary

#8EA288

accent

#9C4A5D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8CD

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

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