#C8BAD8#C8BAD8

#C8BAD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.044 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BAD8
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 10.54, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 16.92, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81% 0.0263 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.044 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7708, 52.3552, 72.2253)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BAD8 #CAD8BA

analogous

#BABBD8 #C8BAD8 #D7BAD8

triadic

#C8BAD8 #D8C8BA #BAD8C8

tetradic

#C8BAD8 #D8BABB #CAD8BA #BAD8D7

square

#C8BAD8 #D8BABB #CAD8BA #BAD8D7

split-complementary

#C8BAD8 #D8D7BA #BBD8BA

monochromatic

#8A6CAC #A993C2 #C8BAD8 #E7E1EE #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C8BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BAD8

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BAD8	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.044 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cee4',
    500: '#c8bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bad8;
$custom-light: #d8cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80996,
    "c": 0.04426,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BAD8

secondary

#9CAF88

accent

#A63F76

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BAD8

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

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