#C8BAEC#C8BAEC

#C8BAEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.071 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BAEC
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(257, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 14.67, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 27.32, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% 0.0329 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.071 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5155, 53.4531, 86.6807)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BAEC #DEECBA

analogous

#BAC5EC #C8BAEC #E1BAEC

triadic

#C8BAEC #ECC8BA #BAECC8

tetradic

#C8BAEC #ECBAC5 #DEECBA #BAECE1

square

#C8BAEC #ECBAC5 #DEECBA #BAECE1

split-complementary

#C8BAEC #ECE1BA #C5ECBA

monochromatic

#7B5AD2 #A28ADF #C8BAEC #ECE7F8 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8BAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BAEC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BAEC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8baec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.071 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cef2',
    500: '#c8baec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8baec;
$custom-light: #d9cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8baec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81715,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BAEC

secondary

#B5C981

accent

#C42197

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BAEC

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

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