#C8B8D4#C8B8D4

#C8B8D4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.043 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8D4
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(274, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(274, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 10.84, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 16.17, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0278 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.043 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8416, 51.3141, 69.3954)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8D4 #C4D4B8

analogous

#BAB8D4 #C8B8D4 #D4B8D2

triadic

#C8B8D4 #D4C8B8 #B8D4C8

tetradic

#C8B8D4 #D4BAB8 #C4D4B8 #B8D2D4

square

#C8B8D4 #D4BAB8 #C4D4B8 #B8D2D4

split-complementary

#C8B8D4 #D2D4B8 #B8D4BA

monochromatic

#8D6CA6 #AA92BD #C8B8D4 #E6DEEB #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C8B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8D4

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8D4	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.043 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cde1',
    500: '#c8b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8d4;
$custom-light: #d8cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8047,
    "c": 0.04256,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8D4

secondary

#96AA86

accent

#A3426C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8D4

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

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