#C8BBD3#C8BBD3

#C8BBD3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.036 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBD3
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(273, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(273, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 9.02, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 13.75, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% 0.0231 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.036 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3456, 52.5234, 68.9431)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBD3 #C6D3BB

analogous

#BCBBD3 #C8BBD3 #D3BBD2

triadic

#C8BBD3 #D3C8BB #BBD3C8

tetradic

#C8BBD3 #D3BCBB #C6D3BB #BBD2D3

square

#C8BBD3 #D3BCBB #C6D3BB #BBD2D3

split-complementary

#C8BBD3 #D2D3BB #BBD3BC

monochromatic

#8C71A3 #AA96BB #C8BBD3 #E6E0EB #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C8BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBD3

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBD3	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.036 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe0',
    500: '#c8bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbd3;
$custom-light: #d8cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81024,
    "c": 0.03612,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBD3

secondary

#98A88A

accent

#A0466F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBD3

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

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