#C8B9CD#C8B9CD

#C8B9CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.032 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B9CD
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(285, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 8.94, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 12.09, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0238 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.032 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1861, 51.3854, 64.9149)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B9CD #BECDB9

analogous

#BEB9CD #C8B9CD #CDB9C8

triadic

#C8B9CD #CDC8B9 #B9CDC8

tetradic

#C8B9CD #CDBEB9 #BECDB9 #B9C8CD

square

#C8B9CD #CDBEB9 #BECDB9 #B9C8CD

split-complementary

#C8B9CD #C8CDB9 #B9CDBE

monochromatic

#90729A #AC95B4 #C8B9CD #E4DDE7 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C8B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B9CD

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B9CD	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.032 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cedc',
    500: '#c8b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b9cd;
$custom-light: #d8cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80435,
    "c": 0.03224,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B9CD

secondary

#8FA189

accent

#9B4B5F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B9CD

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

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