#C8BBEE#C8BBEE

#C8BBEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.072 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BBEE
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(255, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, 14.55, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 27.76, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.0321 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.072 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0191, 53.9928, 88.2900)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BBEE #E1EEBB

analogous

#BBC7EE #C8BBEE #E1BBEE

triadic

#C8BBEE #EEC8BB #BBEEC8

tetradic

#C8BBEE #EEBBC7 #E1EEBB #BBEEE1

square

#C8BBEE #EEBBC7 #E1EEBB #BBEEE1

split-complementary

#C8BBEE #EEE1BB #C7EEBB

monochromatic

#7959D6 #A08AE2 #C8BBEE #EBE7F9 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C8BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BBEE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BBEE	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.072 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cff3',
    500: '#c8bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bbee;
$custom-light: #d9cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.294,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81982,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BBEE

secondary

#B9CC81

accent

#C81E9C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BBEE

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

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