#C8BCD7#C8BCD7

#C8BCD7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.040 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD7
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 9.26, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 15.15, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.023 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.04 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0662, 53.1522, 71.6879)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD7 #CBD7BC

analogous

#BCBED7 #C8BCD7 #D6BCD7

triadic

#C8BCD7 #D7C8BC #BCD7C8

tetradic

#C8BCD7 #D7BCBE #CBD7BC #BCD7D6

square

#C8BCD7 #D7BCBE #CBD7BC #BCD7D6

split-complementary

#C8BCD7 #D7D6BC #BED7BC

monochromatic

#896FA9 #A996C0 #C8BCD7 #E7E2EE #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#C8BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD7

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD7	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.040 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e3',
    500: '#c8bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd7;
$custom-light: #d8d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.03958,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD7

secondary

#9EAD8A

accent

#A44278

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD7

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

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