#C8BAD6#C8BAD6

#C8BAD6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.042 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BAD6
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 10.15, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 15.90, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0256 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.042 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5138, 52.2524, 70.8718)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BAD6 #C8D6BA

analogous

#BABAD6 #C8BAD6 #D6BAD6

triadic

#C8BAD6 #D6C8BA #BAD6C8

tetradic

#C8BAD6 #D6BABA #C8D6BA #BAD6D6

square

#C8BAD6 #D6BABA #C8D6BA #BAD6D6

split-complementary

#C8BAD6 #D6D6BA #BAD6BA

monochromatic

#8B6DA8 #A994BF #C8BAD6 #E7E0ED #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8BAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C8BAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BAD6

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BAD6	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.042 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cee2',
    500: '#c8bad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bad6;
$custom-light: #d8cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80928,
    "c": 0.04166,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BAD6

secondary

#9AAC88

accent

#A44273

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BAD6

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

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