#C8BBD8#C8BBD8

#C8BBD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.043 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBD8
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 10.00, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 16.29, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0248 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.043 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9822, 52.7780, 72.2957)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBD8 #CBD8BB

analogous

#BBBDD8 #C8BBD8 #D7BBD8

triadic

#C8BBD8 #D8C8BB #BBD8C8

tetradic

#C8BBD8 #D8BBBD #CBD8BB #BBD8D7

square

#C8BBD8 #D8BBBD #CBD8BB #BBD8D7

split-complementary

#C8BBD8 #D8D7BB #BDD8BB

monochromatic

#896DAB #A994C2 #C8BBD8 #E7E2EE #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C8BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBD8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBD8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.043 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe4',
    500: '#c8bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbd8;
$custom-light: #d8cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.04257,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBD8

secondary

#9EAE89

accent

#A64078

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBD8

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