#C8BCDF#C8BCDF

#C8BCDF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.050 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCDF
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(261, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 10.87, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 19.29, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% 0.0258 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.05 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1194, 53.5735, 77.2346)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCDF #D3DFBC

analogous

#BCC1DF #C8BCDF #D9BCDF

triadic

#C8BCDF #DFC8BC #BCDFC8

tetradic

#C8BCDF #DFBCC1 #D3DFBC #BCDFD9

square

#C8BCDF #DFBCC1 #D3DFBC #BCDFD9

split-complementary

#C8BCDF #DFD9BC #C1DFBC

monochromatic

#8469B7 #A693CB #C8BCDF #EAE5F3 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C8BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCDF

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCDF	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.050 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e9',
    500: '#c8bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcdf;
$custom-light: #d8d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81628,
    "c": 0.05018,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCDF

secondary

#A7B788

accent

#AE3785

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCDF

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

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