#C8BBEC#C8BBEC

#C8BBEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.069 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBEC
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, 14.12, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 26.71, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% 0.0315 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.069 297)
XYZ	xyz(56.7269, 53.8759, 86.7511)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBEC #DFECBB

analogous

#BBC6EC #C8BBEC #E0BBEC

triadic

#C8BBEC #ECC8BB #BBECC8

tetradic

#C8BBEC #ECBBC6 #DFECBB #BBECE0

square

#C8BBEC #ECBBC6 #DFECBB #BBECE0

split-complementary

#C8BBEC #ECE0BB #C6ECBB

monochromatic

#7B5BD1 #A18BDF #C8BBEC #ECE7F8 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8BBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C8BBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBEC

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBEC	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.069 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cff2',
    500: '#c8bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbec;
$custom-light: #d9cff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81907,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.53876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBEC

secondary

#B6C982

accent

#C42299

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBEC

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

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