#C8BDD7#C8BDD7

#C8BDD7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.038 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDD7
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(265, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 8.72, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 14.52, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% 0.0216 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.038 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2805, 53.5809, 71.7593)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDD7 #CCD7BD

analogous

#BDBFD7 #C8BDD7 #D5BDD7

triadic

#C8BDD7 #D7C8BD #BDD7C8

tetradic

#C8BDD7 #D7BDBF #CCD7BD #BDD7D5

square

#C8BDD7 #D7BDBF #CCD7BD #BDD7D5

split-complementary

#C8BDD7 #D7D5BD #BFD7BD

monochromatic

#8871A9 #A897C0 #C8BDD7 #E8E3EE #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C8BDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDD7

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDD7	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.038 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e3',
    500: '#c8bdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bdd7;
$custom-light: #d8d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8155,
    "c": 0.03791,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDD7

secondary

#9FAD8B

accent

#A3427A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDD7

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

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