#C8BCCE#C8BCCE

#C8BCCE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.028 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCCE
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(280, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, 7.52, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 10.63, 315.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0198 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.028 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9414, 52.7023, 65.7641)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCCE #C2CEBC

analogous

#BFBCCE #C8BCCE #CEBCCB

triadic

#C8BCCE #CEC8BC #BCCEC8

tetradic

#C8BCCE #CEBFBC #C2CEBC #BCCBCE

square

#C8BCCE #CEBFBC #C2CEBC #BCCBCE

split-complementary

#C8BCCE #CBCEBC #BCCEBF

monochromatic

#8E759A #AB99B4 #C8BCCE #E5DFE8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#C8BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCCE

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCCE	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.028 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0dd',
    500: '#c8bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcce;
$custom-light: #d8d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81058,
    "c": 0.02816,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCCE

secondary

#93A28C

accent

#9A4C66

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCCE

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

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