#C8BAEE#C8BAEE

#C8BAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.074 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BAEE
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(256, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 15.09, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 28.37, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% 0.0335 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.074 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8077, 53.5699, 88.2196)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BAEE #E0EEBA

analogous

#BAC6EE #C8BAEE #E2BAEE

triadic

#C8BAEE #EEC8BA #BAEEC8

tetradic

#C8BAEE #EEBAC6 #E0EEBA #BAEEE2

square

#C8BAEE #EEBAC6 #E0EEBA #BAEEE2

split-complementary

#C8BAEE #EEE2BA #C6EEBA

monochromatic

#7A58D6 #A189E2 #C8BAEE #EBE6F9 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C8BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BAEE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BAEE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.074 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cef3',
    500: '#c8baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8baee;
$custom-light: #d9cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BAEE

secondary

#B7CC80

accent

#C81D9A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BAEE

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

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