#C8BED9#C8BED9

#C8BED9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.039 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BED9
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(262, 26%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, 8.58, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 14.93, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% 0.0208 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.039 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7549, 54.1160, 73.1930)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BED9 #CFD9BE

analogous

#BEC2D9 #C8BED9 #D6BED9

triadic

#C8BED9 #D9C8BE #BED9C8

tetradic

#C8BED9 #D9BEC2 #CFD9BE #BED9D6

square

#C8BED9 #D9BEC2 #CFD9BE #BED9D6

split-complementary

#C8BED9 #D9D6BE #C2D9BE

monochromatic

#8771AC #A797C2 #C8BED9 #E9E5F0 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C8BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BED9

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BED9	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.039 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d1e4',
    500: '#c8bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bed9;
$custom-light: #d8d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 26.214,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81814,
    "c": 0.0389,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BED9

secondary

#A2AF8C

accent

#A54180

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BED9

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

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