#C8B9E8#C8B9E8

#C8B9E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.067 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B9E8
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(259, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, 14.36, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 25.83, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% 0.0331 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.067 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7309, 52.8034, 83.5843)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B9E8 #D9E8B9

analogous

#B9C2E8 #C8B9E8 #E0B9E8

triadic

#C8B9E8 #E8C8B9 #B9E8C8

tetradic

#C8B9E8 #E8B9C2 #D9E8B9 #B9E8E0

square

#C8B9E8 #E8B9C2 #D9E8B9 #B9E8E0

split-complementary

#C8B9E8 #E8E0B9 #C2E8B9

monochromatic

#805DCA #A48BD9 #C8B9E8 #ECE7F7 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8B9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C8B9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B9E8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B9E8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.067 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ceef',
    500: '#c8b9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b9e8;
$custom-light: #d9ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81373,
    "c": 0.06713,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B9E8

secondary

#AEC382

accent

#BE288E

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B9E8

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

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