#C8BCEE#C8BCEE

#C8BCEE is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.070 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCEE
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(254, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, 14.01, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 27.16, 301.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% 0.0307 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.07 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2320, 54.4185, 88.3610)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCEE #E2EEBC

analogous

#BCC9EE #C8BCEE #E1BCEE

triadic

#C8BCEE #EEC8BC #BCEEC8

tetradic

#C8BCEE #EEBCC9 #E2EEBC #BCEEE1

square

#C8BCEE #EEBCC9 #E2EEBC #BCEEE1

split-complementary

#C8BCEE #EEE1BC #C9EEBC

monochromatic

#785AD5 #A08BE2 #C8BCEE #EBE7F9 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C8BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCEE

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCEE	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.070 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0f3',
    500: '#c8bcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcee;
$custom-light: #d9d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82174,
    "c": 0.07049,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCEE

secondary

#BACC82

accent

#C71E9F

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCEE

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

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