#C8BCDA#C8BCDA

#C8BCDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.044 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCDA
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(264, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 9.86, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 16.69, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0241 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.044 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4552, 53.3078, 73.7367)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCDA #CEDABC

analogous

#BCBFDA #C8BCDA #D7BCDA

triadic

#C8BCDA #DAC8BC #BCDAC8

tetradic

#C8BCDA #DABCBF #CEDABC #BCDAD7

square

#C8BCDA #DABCBF #CEDABC #BCDAD7

split-complementary

#C8BCDA #DAD7BC #BFDABC

monochromatic

#876DAE #A895C4 #C8BCDA #E8E3F0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C8BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCDA

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCDA	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.044 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e5',
    500: '#c8bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcda;
$custom-light: #d8d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81455,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCDA

secondary

#A1B189

accent

#A73E7D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCDA

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

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