#C8BCD1#C8BCD1

#C8BCD1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.032 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD1
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(274, 19%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(274, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, 8.09, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 12.11, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% 0.0209 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.032 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3093, 52.8495, 67.7018)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD1 #C5D1BC

analogous

#BDBCD1 #C8BCD1 #D1BCCF

triadic

#C8BCD1 #D1C8BC #BCD1C8

tetradic

#C8BCD1 #D1BDBC #C5D1BC #BCCFD1

square

#C8BCD1 #D1BDBC #C5D1BC #BCCFD1

split-complementary

#C8BCD1 #CFD1BC #BCD1BD

monochromatic

#8C739F #AA98B8 #C8BCD1 #E6E0EA #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C8BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD1

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD1	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.032 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0df',
    500: '#c8bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd1;
$custom-light: #d8d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 18.584,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81155,
    "c": 0.03187,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD1

secondary

#97A68B

accent

#9D496D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD1

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

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