#C8BDCE#C8BDCE

#C8BDCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.026 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDCE
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(279, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, 6.98, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 9.98, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0183 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.026 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1558, 53.1310, 65.8355)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDCE #C3CEBD

analogous

#C0BDCE #C8BDCE #CEBDCC

triadic

#C8BDCE #CEC8BD #BDCEC8

tetradic

#C8BDCE #CEC0BD #C3CEBD #BDCCCE

square

#C8BDCE #CEC0BD #C3CEBD #BDCCCE

split-complementary

#C8BDCE #CCCEBD #BDCEC0

monochromatic

#8D779A #AB9AB4 #C8BDCE #E5E0E8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#C8BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDCE

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDCE	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.026 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0dd',
    500: '#c8bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdce;
$custom-light: #d8d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81256,
    "c": 0.02641,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDCE

secondary

#94A28D

accent

#994D68

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDCE

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

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