#C8BBD6#C8BBD6

#C8BBD6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.040 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBD6
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 9.61, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 15.27, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0241 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.04 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7252, 52.6752, 70.9423)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBD6 #C9D6BB

analogous

#BBBBD6 #C8BBD6 #D5BBD6

triadic

#C8BBD6 #D6C8BB #BBD6C8

tetradic

#C8BBD6 #D6BBBB #C9D6BB #BBD6D5

square

#C8BBD6 #D6BBBB #C9D6BB #BBD6D5

split-complementary

#C8BBD6 #D6D5BB #BBD6BB

monochromatic

#8A6FA8 #A995BF #C8BBD6 #E7E1ED #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#C8BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBD6

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBD6	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.040 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe2',
    500: '#c8bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbd6;
$custom-light: #d8cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81124,
    "c": 0.03997,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBD6

secondary

#9BAC89

accent

#A34275

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBD6

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

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