#C8B8EA#C8B8EA

#C8B8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.071 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8EA
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 15.33, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 27.49, 303.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0351 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.071 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8082, 52.5007, 85.0195)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8EA #DAEAB8

analogous

#B8C1EA #C8B8EA #E1B8EA

triadic

#C8B8EA #EAC8B8 #B8EAC8

tetradic

#C8B8EA #EAB8C1 #DAEAB8 #B8EAE1

square

#C8B8EA #EAB8C1 #DAEAB8 #B8EAE1

split-complementary

#C8B8EA #EAE1B8 #C1EAB8

monochromatic

#7F5ACE #A389DC #C8B8EA #EDE7F8 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C8B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8EA

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8EA	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.071 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cdf0',
    500: '#c8b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8ea;
$custom-light: #d9cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81257,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8EA

secondary

#B0C680

accent

#C2248F

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8EA

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

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