#C8BDCA#C8BDCA

#C8BDCA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.022 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDCA
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(291, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(291, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 6.22, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 8.07, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0168 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.022 321)
XYZ	xyz(52.6760, 52.9391, 63.3089)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDCA #BFCABD

analogous

#C2BDCA #C8BDCA #CABDC6

triadic

#C8BDCA #CAC8BD #BDCAC8

tetradic

#C8BDCA #CAC2BD #BFCABD #BDC6CA

square

#C8BDCA #CAC2BD #BFCABD #BDC6CA

split-complementary

#C8BDCA #C6CABD #BDCAC2

monochromatic

#8F7993 #AC9BAF #C8BDCA #E4DFE5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C8BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDCA

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDCA	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.022 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0da',
    500: '#c8bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdca;
$custom-light: #d8d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8113,
    "c": 0.02167,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.52939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDCA

secondary

#909E8E

accent

#95515B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDCA

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

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