#C8B8D2#C8B8D2

#C8B8D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.040 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8D2
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 10.45, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 15.17, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0271 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.04 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5908, 51.2138, 68.0750)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8D2 #C2D2B8

analogous

#BBB8D2 #C8B8D2 #D2B8CF

triadic

#C8B8D2 #D2C8B8 #B8D2C8

tetradic

#C8B8D2 #D2BBB8 #C2D2B8 #B8CFD2

square

#C8B8D2 #D2BBB8 #C2D2B8 #B8CFD2

split-complementary

#C8B8D2 #CFD2B8 #B8D2BB

monochromatic

#8E6DA3 #AB93BA #C8B8D2 #E5DDEA #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8B8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C8B8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8D2

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8D2	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.040 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cddf',
    500: '#c8b8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8d2;
$custom-light: #d8cddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80403,
    "c": 0.04006,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8D2

secondary

#93A787

accent

#A14568

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8D2

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

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