#C8B9F0#C8B9F0

#C8B9F0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.078 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B9F0
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 240)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(256, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 16.07, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 30.03, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% 0.0356 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.078 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8932, 53.2683, 89.7057)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B9F0 #E1F0B9

analogous

#B9C5F0 #C8B9F0 #E3B9F0

triadic

#C8B9F0 #F0C8B9 #B9F0C8

tetradic

#C8B9F0 #F0B9C5 #E1F0B9 #B9F0E3

square

#C8B9F0 #F0B9C5 #E1F0B9 #B9F0E3

split-complementary

#C8B9F0 #F0E3B9 #C5F0B9

monochromatic

#7954DA #A087E5 #C8B9F0 #EBE6FA #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8B9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C8B9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B9F0

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B9F0	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.078 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cef5',
    500: '#c8b9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b9f0;
$custom-light: #d9cef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81676,
    "c": 0.07791,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B9F0

secondary

#B9CF7F

accent

#CD199C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B9F0

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

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