#C8BECE#C8BECE

#C8BECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.025 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BECE
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(278, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 6.44, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 9.34, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0169 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.025 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3716, 53.5627, 65.9075)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BECE #C4CEBE

analogous

#C0BECE #C8BECE #CEBECC

triadic

#C8BECE #CEC8BE #BECEC8

tetradic

#C8BECE #CEC0BE #C4CEBE #BECCCE

square

#C8BECE #CEC0BE #C4CEBE #BECCCE

split-complementary

#C8BECE #CCCEBE #BECEC0

monochromatic

#8D7899 #AA9BB4 #C8BECE #E6E1E8 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C8BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BECE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BECE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.025 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d1dd',
    500: '#c8bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bece;
$custom-light: #d8d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81454,
    "c": 0.02466,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BECE

secondary

#96A28E

accent

#984D69

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BECE

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

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