#C8BCDE#C8BCDE

#C8BCDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.049 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCDE
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 10.67, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 18.77, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% 0.0255 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.049 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9849, 53.5197, 76.5267)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCDE #D2DEBC

analogous

#BCC1DE #C8BCDE #D9BCDE

triadic

#C8BCDE #DEC8BC #BCDEC8

tetradic

#C8BCDE #DEBCC1 #D2DEBC #BCDED9

square

#C8BCDE #DEBCC1 #D2DEBC #BCDED9

split-complementary

#C8BCDE #DED9BC #C1DEBC

monochromatic

#856AB6 #A693CA #C8BCDE #EAE5F2 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C8BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCDE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCDE	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.049 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e8',
    500: '#c8bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcde;
$custom-light: #d8d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.04884,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCDE

secondary

#A6B688

accent

#AD3984

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCDE

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

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