#C8BBD9#C8BBD9

#C8BBD9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.044 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBD9
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, 10.20, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 16.80, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0252 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.044 305)
XYZ	xyz(54.1119, 52.8299, 72.9786)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBD9 #CCD9BB

analogous

#BBBDD9 #C8BBD9 #D7BBD9

triadic

#C8BBD9 #D9C8BB #BBD9C8

tetradic

#C8BBD9 #D9BBBD #CCD9BB #BBD9D7

square

#C8BBD9 #D9BBBD #CCD9BB #BBD9D7

split-complementary

#C8BBD9 #D9D7BB #BDD9BB

monochromatic

#886CAD #A894C3 #C8BBD9 #E8E2EF #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C8BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBD9

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBD9	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.044 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe4',
    500: '#c8bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbd9;
$custom-light: #d8cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81226,
    "c": 0.04387,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.5283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBD9

secondary

#9FB089

accent

#A73F7A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBD9

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

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