#C8BAEF#C8BAEF

#C8BAEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.075 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BAEF
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(256, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 15.31, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 28.89, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0338 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.075 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9550, 53.6289, 88.9954)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BAEF #E1EFBA

analogous

#BAC6EF #C8BAEF #E2BAEF

triadic

#C8BAEF #EFC8BA #BAEFC8

tetradic

#C8BAEF #EFBAC6 #E1EFBA #BAEFE2

square

#C8BAEF #EFBAC6 #E1EFBA #BAEFE2

split-complementary

#C8BAEF #EFE2BA #C6EFBA

monochromatic

#7957D8 #A088E3 #C8BAEF #EBE6F9 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#C8BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BAEF

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BAEF	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.075 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cef4',
    500: '#c8baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8baef;
$custom-light: #d9cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81829,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BAEF

secondary

#B9CD80

accent

#CA1B9C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BAEF

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

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