#C8BCD0#C8BCD0

#C8BCD0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.031 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD0
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(276, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(276, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, 7.90, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 11.61, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0205 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.031 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1859, 52.8001, 67.0518)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD0 #C4D0BC

analogous

#BEBCD0 #C8BCD0 #D0BCCE

triadic

#C8BCD0 #D0C8BC #BCD0C8

tetradic

#C8BCD0 #D0BEBC #C4D0BC #BCCED0

square

#C8BCD0 #D0BEBC #C4D0BC #BCCED0

split-complementary

#C8BCD0 #CED0BC #BCD0BE

monochromatic

#8D749E #AA98B7 #C8BCD0 #E6E0E9 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C8BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD0

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD0	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.031 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0de',
    500: '#c8bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd0;
$custom-light: #d8d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.03061,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD0

secondary

#96A58B

accent

#9C4A6B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD0

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

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