#C8BDCD#C8BDCD

#C8BDCD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.025 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDCD
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(281, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, 6.79, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 9.49, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.018 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.025 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0347, 53.0826, 65.1978)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDCD #C2CDBD

analogous

#C0BDCD #C8BDCD #CDBDCA

triadic

#C8BDCD #CDC8BD #BDCDC8

tetradic

#C8BDCD #CDC0BD #C2CDBD #BDCACD

square

#C8BDCD #CDC0BD #C2CDBD #BDCACD

split-complementary

#C8BDCD #CACDBD #BDCDC0

monochromatic

#8E7798 #AB9AB3 #C8BDCD #E5E0E7 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C8BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDCD

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDCD	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.025 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0dc',
    500: '#c8bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdcd;
$custom-light: #d8d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81224,
    "c": 0.02519,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDCD

secondary

#93A18D

accent

#984E65

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDCD

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

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