#C8BCD2#C8BCD2

#C8BCD2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.033 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD2
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(273, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, 8.29, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 12.61, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0212 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.033 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4335, 52.8991, 68.3559)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD2 #C6D2BC

analogous

#BDBCD2 #C8BCD2 #D2BCD1

triadic

#C8BCD2 #D2C8BC #BCD2C8

tetradic

#C8BCD2 #D2BDBC #C6D2BC #BCD1D2

square

#C8BCD2 #D2BDBC #C6D2BC #BCD1D2

split-complementary

#C8BCD2 #D1D2BC #BCD2BD

monochromatic

#8C73A1 #AA97B9 #C8BCD2 #E6E1EB #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C8BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD2

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD2	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.033 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0df',
    500: '#c8bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd2;
$custom-light: #d8d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81188,
    "c": 0.03313,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD2

secondary

#98A78B

accent

#9E486F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD2

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

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