#C8BBDD#C8BBDD

#C8BBDD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.049 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBDD
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(263, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 11.00, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 18.87, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.0266 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.049 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6384, 53.0405, 75.7520)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBDD #D0DDBB

analogous

#BBBFDD #C8BBDD #D9BBDD

triadic

#C8BBDD #DDC8BB #BBDDC8

tetradic

#C8BBDD #DDBBBF #D0DDBB #BBDDD9

square

#C8BBDD #DDBBBF #D0DDBB #BBDDD9

split-complementary

#C8BBDD #DDD9BB #BFDDBB

monochromatic

#8669B4 #A792C9 #C8BBDD #E9E4F1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C8BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBDD

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBDD	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.049 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cfe7',
    500: '#c8bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbdd;
$custom-light: #d8cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.04916,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBDD

secondary

#A3B587

accent

#AC3980

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBDD

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

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