#C8BED6#C8BED6

#C8BED6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.035 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BED6
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(265, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 7.99, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 13.38, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% 0.0198 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.035 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3683, 53.9614, 71.1566)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BED6 #CCD6BE

analogous

#BEC0D6 #C8BED6 #D4BED6

triadic

#C8BED6 #D6C8BE #BED6C8

tetradic

#C8BED6 #D6BEC0 #CCD6BE #BED6D4

square

#C8BED6 #D6BEC0 #CCD6BE #BED6D4

split-complementary

#C8BED6 #D6D4BE #C0D6BE

monochromatic

#8873A7 #A898BE #C8BED6 #E8E4EE #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C8BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BED6

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BED6	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.035 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d1e2',
    500: '#c8bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bed6;
$custom-light: #d8d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 22.642,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81713,
    "c": 0.03493,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BED6

secondary

#9FAC8C

accent

#A1447A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BED6

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

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