#C8BCD5#C8BCD5

#C8BCD5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.037 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD5
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 8.87, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 14.12, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% 0.0223 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.037 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8108, 53.0500, 70.3427)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD5 #C9D5BC

analogous

#BCBCD5 #C8BCD5 #D4BCD5

triadic

#C8BCD5 #D5C8BC #BCD5C8

tetradic

#C8BCD5 #D5BCBC #C9D5BC #BCD5D4

square

#C8BCD5 #D5BCBC #C9D5BC #BCD5D4

split-complementary

#C8BCD5 #D5D4BC #BCD5BC

monochromatic

#8A71A6 #A996BD #C8BCD5 #E7E2ED #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C8BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD5

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD5	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.037 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e2',
    500: '#c8bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd5;
$custom-light: #d8d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81287,
    "c": 0.03698,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD5

secondary

#9BAB8A

accent

#A14475

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD5

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

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