#C8BCD6#C8BCD6

#C8BCD6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.038 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD6
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, 9.07, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 14.63, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0227 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.038 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9381, 53.1010, 71.0132)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD6 #CAD6BC

analogous

#BCBDD6 #C8BCD6 #D5BCD6

triadic

#C8BCD6 #D6C8BC #BCD6C8

tetradic

#C8BCD6 #D6BCBD #CAD6BC #BCD6D5

square

#C8BCD6 #D6BCBD #CAD6BC #BCD6D5

split-complementary

#C8BCD6 #D6D5BC #BDD6BC

monochromatic

#8A70A8 #A996BF #C8BCD6 #E7E2ED #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C8BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD6

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD6	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.038 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e2',
    500: '#c8bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd6;
$custom-light: #d8d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8132,
    "c": 0.03828,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD6

secondary

#9CAC8A

accent

#A34376

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD6

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

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