#C8BBD5#C8BBD5

#C8BBD5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.039 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBD5
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 9.41, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 14.76, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% 0.0238 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.039 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5979, 52.6243, 70.2718)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBD5 #C8D5BB

analogous

#BBBBD5 #C8BBD5 #D5BBD5

triadic

#C8BBD5 #D5C8BB #BBD5C8

tetradic

#C8BBD5 #D5BBBB #C8D5BB #BBD5D5

square

#C8BBD5 #D5BBBB #C8D5BB #BBD5D5

split-complementary

#C8BBD5 #D5D5BB #BBD5BB

monochromatic

#8B6FA6 #A995BE #C8BBD5 #E7E1EC #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#C8BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBD5

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBD5	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.039 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe2',
    500: '#c8bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbd5;
$custom-light: #d8cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8109,
    "c": 0.03868,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBD5

secondary

#9AAB89

accent

#A24373

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBD5

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

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