#C8BDDD#C8BDDD

#C8BDDD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.046 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDDD
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, 9.92, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 17.63, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% 0.0237 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.046 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0657, 53.8950, 75.8944)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDDD #D2DDBD

analogous

#BDC2DD #C8BDDD #D8BDDD

triadic

#C8BDDD #DDC8BD #BDDDC8

tetradic

#C8BDDD #DDBDC2 #D2DDBD #BDDDD8

square

#C8BDDD #DDBDC2 #D2DDBD #BDDDD8

split-complementary

#C8BDDD #DDD8BD #C2DDBD

monochromatic

#856CB3 #A695C8 #C8BDDD #EAE5F2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C8BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDDD

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDDD	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.046 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0e7',
    500: '#c8bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bddd;
$custom-light: #d8d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81754,
    "c": 0.04588,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDDD

secondary

#A6B58A

accent

#AB3B84

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDDD

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

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