#C8B8FA#C8B8FA

#C8B8FA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8FA
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 250)
HSL	hsl(255, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 26.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, 18.81, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 35.89, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% 0.0399 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.093 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2114, 53.4620, 97.6763)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8FA #EAFAB8

analogous

#B8C9FA #C8B8FA #E9B8FA

triadic

#C8B8FA #FAC8B8 #B8FAC8

tetradic

#C8B8FA #FAB8C9 #EAFAB8 #B8FAE9

square

#C8B8FA #FAB8C9 #EAFAB8 #B8FAE9

split-complementary

#C8B8FA #FAE9B8 #C9FAB8

monochromatic

#6F46F2 #9C7FF6 #C8B8FA #E9E2FD #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8B8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8B8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8FA

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8FA	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C2FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cdfc',
    500: '#c8b8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8fa;
$custom-light: #d9cdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 86.842,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81883,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8FA

secondary

#C5DE78

accent

#E302AD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8FA

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

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