#C8BECD#C8BECD

#C8BECD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.023 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BECD
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(280, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 6.25, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 8.85, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% 0.0165 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.023 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2505, 53.5143, 65.2697)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BECD #C3CDBE

analogous

#C1BECD #C8BECD #CDBECA

triadic

#C8BECD #CDC8BE #BECDC8

tetradic

#C8BECD #CDC1BE #C3CDBE #BECACD

square

#C8BECD #CDC1BE #C3CDBE #BECACD

split-complementary

#C8BECD #CACDBE #BECDC1

monochromatic

#8D7998 #AB9BB2 #C8BECD #E5E1E8 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C8BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BECD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BECD	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.023 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d1dc',
    500: '#c8becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8becd;
$custom-light: #d8d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81423,
    "c": 0.02343,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BECD

secondary

#94A18E

accent

#974E67

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BECD

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

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