#C8BCDD#C8BCDD

#C8BCDD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.048 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCDD
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(262, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, 10.46, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 18.25, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0251 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.048 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8513, 53.4663, 75.8229)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCDD #D1DDBC

analogous

#BCC0DD #C8BCDD #D8BCDD

triadic

#C8BCDD #DDC8BC #BCDDC8

tetradic

#C8BCDD #DDBCC0 #D1DDBC #BCDDD8

square

#C8BCDD #DDBCC0 #D1DDBC #BCDDD8

split-complementary

#C8BCDD #DDD8BC #C0DDBC

monochromatic

#856BB4 #A793C8 #C8BCDD #E9E5F2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCDD

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCDD	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.048 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e7',
    500: '#c8bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcdd;
$custom-light: #d8d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81558,
    "c": 0.04752,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCDD

secondary

#A5B589

accent

#AB3A82

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCDD

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

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