#C8BBD4#C8BBD4

#C8BBD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.037 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBD4
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, 9.21, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 14.25, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0234 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.037 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4714, 52.5737, 69.6054)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBD4 #C7D4BB

analogous

#BBBBD4 #C8BBD4 #D4BBD3

triadic

#C8BBD4 #D4C8BB #BBD4C8

tetradic

#C8BBD4 #D4BBBB #C7D4BB #BBD3D4

square

#C8BBD4 #D4BBBB #C7D4BB #BBD3D4

split-complementary

#C8BBD4 #D3D4BB #BBD4BB

monochromatic

#8B70A5 #AA96BC #C8BBD4 #E6E0EC #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C8BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBD4

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBD4	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.037 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe1',
    500: '#c8bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbd4;
$custom-light: #d8cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81057,
    "c": 0.03739,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBD4

secondary

#99AA8A

accent

#A14571

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBD4

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

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