#C8BDDB#C8BDDB

#C8BDDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.043 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDDB
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(262, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, 9.52, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 16.59, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.023 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.043 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8008, 53.7890, 74.4994)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDDB #D0DBBD

analogous

#BDC1DB #C8BDDB #D7BDDB

triadic

#C8BDDB #DBC8BD #BDDBC8

tetradic

#C8BDDB #DBBDC1 #D0DBBD #BDDBD7

square

#C8BDDB #DBBDC1 #D0DBBD #BDDBD7

split-complementary

#C8BDDB #DBD7BD #C1DBBD

monochromatic

#866EB0 #A795C5 #C8BDDB #E9E5F1 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#C8BDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDDB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDDB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.043 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e6',
    500: '#c8bddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bddb;
$custom-light: #d8d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.0432,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDDB

secondary

#A3B28A

accent

#A83D81

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDDB

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

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