#C8BDC8#C8BDC8

#C8BDC8 is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.019 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDC8
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 5.85, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 7.17, 324.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0161 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.019 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4408, 52.8450, 62.0699)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDC8 #BDC8BD

analogous

#C3BDC8 #C8BDC8 #C8BDC3

triadic

#C8BDC8 #C8C8BD #BDC8C8

tetradic

#C8BDC8 #C8C3BD #BDC8BD #BDC3C8

square

#C8BDC8 #C8C3BD #BDC8BD #BDC3C8

split-complementary

#C8BDC8 #C3C8BD #BDC8C3

monochromatic

#907A90 #AC9CAC #C8BDC8 #E4DEE4 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C8BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDC8

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDC8	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.019 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0d8',
    500: '#c8bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdc8;
$custom-light: #d8d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81068,
    "c": 0.01946,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDC8

secondary

#8E9B8E

accent

#935252

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDC8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →