#C8B9EF#C8B9EF

#C8B9EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.077 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B9EF
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 15.85, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 29.50, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% 0.0352 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.077 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7451, 53.2090, 88.9255)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B9EF #E0EFB9

analogous

#B9C5EF #C8B9EF #E3B9EF

triadic

#C8B9EF #EFC8B9 #B9EFC8

tetradic

#C8B9EF #EFB9C5 #E0EFB9 #B9EFE3

square

#C8B9EF #EFB9C5 #E0EFB9 #B9EFE3

split-complementary

#C8B9EF #EFE3B9 #C5EFB9

monochromatic

#7A55D8 #A187E4 #C8B9EF #EBE6F9 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8B9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C8B9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B9EF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B9EF	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.077 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cef4',
    500: '#c8b9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b9ef;
$custom-light: #d9cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81638,
    "c": 0.07657,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B9EF

secondary

#B7CD7F

accent

#CB1B9A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B9EF

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