#C8BDD4#C8BDD4

#C8BDD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.034 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDD4
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 21%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 8.14, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 12.98, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0205 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.034 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8986, 53.4282, 69.7478)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDD4 #C9D4BD

analogous

#BDBDD4 #C8BDD4 #D3BDD4

triadic

#C8BDD4 #D4C8BD #BDD4C8

tetradic

#C8BDD4 #D4BDBD #C9D4BD #BDD4D3

square

#C8BDD4 #D4BDBD #C9D4BD #BDD4D3

split-complementary

#C8BDD4 #D4D3BD #BDD4BD

monochromatic

#8A73A4 #A998BC #C8BDD4 #E7E2EC #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDD4

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDD4	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.034 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e1',
    500: '#c8bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdd4;
$custom-light: #d8d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 21.101,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8145,
    "c": 0.03399,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDD4

secondary

#9BA98C

accent

#9F4675

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDD4

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

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