#C8BED8#C8BED8

#C8BED8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.038 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BED8
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 25%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, 8.38, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 14.41, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% 0.0205 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.038 303)
XYZ	xyz(54.6253, 54.0642, 72.5101)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BED8 #CED8BE

analogous

#BEC1D8 #C8BED8 #D5BED8

triadic

#C8BED8 #D8C8BE #BED8C8

tetradic

#C8BED8 #D8BEC1 #CED8BE #BED8D5

square

#C8BED8 #D8BEC1 #CED8BE #BED8D5

split-complementary

#C8BED8 #D8D5BE #C1D8BE

monochromatic

#8772AA #A898C1 #C8BED8 #E8E4EF #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C8BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BED8

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BED8	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.038 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d1e4',
    500: '#c8bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bed8;
$custom-light: #d8d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8178,
    "c": 0.03757,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.54064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BED8

secondary

#A1AE8C

accent

#A4427E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BED8

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

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