#C8BCD3#C8BCD3

#C8BCD3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.034 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD3
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 8.48, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 13.11, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0216 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.034 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5585, 52.9491, 69.0140)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD3 #C7D3BC

analogous

#BCBCD3 #C8BCD3 #D3BCD2

triadic

#C8BCD3 #D3C8BC #BCD3C8

tetradic

#C8BCD3 #D3BCBC #C7D3BC #BCD2D3

square

#C8BCD3 #D3BCBC #C7D3BC #BCD2D3

split-complementary

#C8BCD3 #D2D3BC #BCD3BC

monochromatic

#8B72A2 #AA97BB #C8BCD3 #E6E1EB #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C8BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD3

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD3	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.034 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e0',
    500: '#c8bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd3;
$custom-light: #d8d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8122,
    "c": 0.03441,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD3

secondary

#99A88B

accent

#9F4671

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD3

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

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