#C8BCD9#C8BCD9

#C8BCD9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.042 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCD9
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 9.66, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 16.17, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% 0.0237 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.042 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3247, 53.2556, 73.0496)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCD9 #CDD9BC

analogous

#BCBFD9 #C8BCD9 #D7BCD9

triadic

#C8BCD9 #D9C8BC #BCD9C8

tetradic

#C8BCD9 #D9BCBF #CDD9BC #BCD9D7

square

#C8BCD9 #D9BCBF #CDD9BC #BCD9D7

split-complementary

#C8BCD9 #D9D7BC #BFD9BC

monochromatic

#886EAD #A895C3 #C8BCD9 #E8E3EF #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C8BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCD9

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCD9	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.042 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e4',
    500: '#c8bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcd9;
$custom-light: #d8d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.04221,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCD9

secondary

#A0B08A

accent

#A63F7C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCD9

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

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