#C8BCD8#C8BCD8

#C8BCD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.041 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD8
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(266, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 9.46, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 15.66, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% 0.0234 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.041 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1951, 53.2038, 72.3667)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD8 #CCD8BC

analogous

#BCBED8 #C8BCD8 #D6BCD8

triadic

#C8BCD8 #D8C8BC #BCD8C8

tetradic

#C8BCD8 #D8BCBE #CCD8BC #BCD8D6

square

#C8BCD8 #D8BCBE #CCD8BC #BCD8D6

split-complementary

#C8BCD8 #D8D6BC #BED8BC

monochromatic

#886FAB #A895C1 #C8BCD8 #E8E3EF #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C8BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD8

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD8	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.041 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e4',
    500: '#c8bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd8;
$custom-light: #d8d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.04089,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD8

secondary

#9FAE8A

accent

#A5417A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD8

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

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