#C8BEC9#C8BEC9

#C8BEC9 is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.019 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BEC9
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(295, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(295, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, 5.50, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 6.96, 322.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% 0.015 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.019 323)
XYZ	xyz(52.7739, 53.3236, 62.7593)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BEC9 #BFC9BE

analogous

#C3BEC9 #C8BEC9 #C9BEC5

triadic

#C8BEC9 #C9C8BE #BEC9C8

tetradic

#C8BEC9 #C9C3BE #BFC9BE #BEC5C9

square

#C8BEC9 #C9C3BE #BFC9BE #BEC5C9

split-complementary

#C8BEC9 #C5C9BE #BEC9C3

monochromatic

#8F7B91 #AC9DAD #C8BEC9 #E4DFE5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C8BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BEC9

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BEC9	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.019 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d1d9',
    500: '#c8bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bec9;
$custom-light: #d8d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.01877,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.53323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BEC9

secondary

#909C8F

accent

#935258

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BEC9

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

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