#C8BCDB#C8BCDB

#C8BCDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.045 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCDB
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(263, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 10.06, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 17.21, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% 0.0244 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.045 303)
XYZ	xyz(54.5864, 53.3603, 74.4279)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCDB #CFDBBC

analogous

#BCC0DB #C8BCDB #D8BCDB

triadic

#C8BCDB #DBC8BC #BCDBC8

tetradic

#C8BCDB #DBBCC0 #CFDBBC #BCDBD8

square

#C8BCDB #DBBCC0 #CFDBBC #BCDBD8

split-complementary

#C8BCDB #DBD8BC #C0DBBC

monochromatic

#876CB0 #A794C6 #C8BCDB #E9E4F0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C8BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCDB

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCDB	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.045 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e6',
    500: '#c8bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcdb;
$custom-light: #d8d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.04485,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.5336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCDB

secondary

#A2B289

accent

#A93D7F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCDB

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

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