#C8BDE3#C8BDE3

#C8BDE3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.054 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BDE3
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(257, 40%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, 11.15, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 20.77, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% 0.0257 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.054 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8794, 54.2205, 80.1799)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BDE3 #D8E3BD

analogous

#BDC5E3 #C8BDE3 #DBBDE3

triadic

#C8BDE3 #E3C8BD #BDE3C8

tetradic

#C8BDE3 #E3BDC5 #D8E3BD #BDE3DB

square

#C8BDE3 #E3BDC5 #D8E3BD #BDE3DB

split-complementary

#C8BDE3 #E3DBBD #C5E3BD

monochromatic

#8067BF #A492D1 #C8BDE3 #ECE8F5 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C8BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BDE3

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BDE3	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.054 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0eb',
    500: '#c8bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bde3;
$custom-light: #d9d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81964,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BDE3

secondary

#ADBC88

accent

#B3328E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BDE3

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

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