#C8BBC9#C8BBC9

#C8BBC9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.024 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBC9
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(296, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 7.11, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 8.92, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0194 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.024 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1308, 52.0374, 62.5449)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBC9 #BCC9BB

analogous

#C1BBC9 #C8BBC9 #C9BBC3

triadic

#C8BBC9 #C9C8BB #BBC9C8

tetradic

#C8BBC9 #C9C1BB #BCC9BB #BBC3C9

square

#C8BBC9 #C9C1BB #BCC9BB #BBC3C9

split-complementary

#C8BBC9 #C3C9BB #BBC9C1

monochromatic

#917793 #AC99AE #C8BBC9 #E4DDE4 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C8BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBC9

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBC9	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.024 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfd9',
    500: '#c8bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbc9;
$custom-light: #d8cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80702,
    "c": 0.02411,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBC9

secondary

#8D9D8C

accent

#965055

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBC9

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

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