#C8BCD4#C8BCD4

#C8BCD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.036 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD4
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 8.67, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 13.62, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.022 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.036 308)
XYZ	xyz(53.6842, 52.9994, 69.6763)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD4 #C8D4BC

analogous

#BCBCD4 #C8BCD4 #D4BCD4

triadic

#C8BCD4 #D4C8BC #BCD4C8

tetradic

#C8BCD4 #D4BCBC #C8D4BC #BCD4D4

square

#C8BCD4 #D4BCBC #C8D4BC #BCD4D4

split-complementary

#C8BCD4 #D4D4BC #BCD4BC

monochromatic

#8B71A4 #A997BC #C8BCD4 #E7E1EC #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C8BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD4

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD4	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.036 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e1',
    500: '#c8bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd4;
$custom-light: #d8d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81253,
    "c": 0.03569,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.52999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD4

secondary

#9AAA8B

accent

#A04573

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD4

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

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