#C8BBE0#C8BBE0

#C8BBE0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.053 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBE0
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(261, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(261, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 11.62, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 20.42, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0276 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.053 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0417, 53.2018, 77.8758)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBE0 #D3E0BB

analogous

#BBC0E0 #C8BBE0 #DABBE0

triadic

#C8BBE0 #E0C8BB #BBE0C8

tetradic

#C8BBE0 #E0BBC0 #D3E0BB #BBE0DA

square

#C8BBE0 #E0BBC0 #D3E0BB #BBE0DA

split-complementary

#C8BBE0 #E0DABB #C0E0BB

monochromatic

#8467BA #A691CD #C8BBE0 #EAE5F3 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C8BBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBE0

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBE0	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.053 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfe9',
    500: '#c8bbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbe0;
$custom-light: #d9cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81469,
    "c": 0.05316,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBE0

secondary

#A7B987

accent

#B03585

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBE0

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

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