#C8BDCF#C8BDCF

#C8BDCF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.028 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDCF
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(277, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(277, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 7.17, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 10.47, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% 0.0187 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.028 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2776, 53.1798, 66.4774)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDCF #C4CFBD

analogous

#BFBDCF #C8BDCF #CFBDCD

triadic

#C8BDCF #CFC8BD #BDCFC8

tetradic

#C8BDCF #CFBFBD #C4CFBD #BDCDCF

square

#C8BDCF #CFBFBD #C4CFBD #BDCDCF

split-complementary

#C8BDCF #CDCFBD #BDCFBF

monochromatic

#8D769B #AA9AB5 #C8BDCF #E6E0E9 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C8BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDCF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDCF	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.028 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0dd',
    500: '#c8bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdcf;
$custom-light: #d8d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81288,
    "c": 0.02764,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDCF

secondary

#96A38D

accent

#9A4B6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDCF

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

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