#C8B8CF#C8B8CF

#C8B8CF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.036 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8CF
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(282, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 9.87, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 13.70, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.026 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.036 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2206, 51.0657, 66.1250)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8CF #BFCFB8

analogous

#BDB8CF #C8B8CF #CFB8CB

triadic

#C8B8CF #CFC8B8 #B8CFC8

tetradic

#C8B8CF #CFBDB8 #BFCFB8 #B8CBCF

square

#C8B8CF #CFBDB8 #BFCFB8 #B8CBCF

split-complementary

#C8B8CF #CBCFB8 #B8CFBD

monochromatic

#8F6F9E #AC93B6 #C8B8CF #E4DDE8 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8B8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C8B8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8CF

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8CF	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.036 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cddd',
    500: '#c8b8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8cf;
$custom-light: #d8cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 19.328,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80304,
    "c": 0.03639,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8CF

secondary

#90A487

accent

#9E4862

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8CF

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

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