#C8BFC9#C8BFC9

#C8BFC9 is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.017 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BFC9
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 8%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(294, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 4.97, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 6.31, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0135 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.017 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9912, 53.7583, 62.8318)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BFC9 #C0C9BF

analogous

#C3BFC9 #C8BFC9 #C9BFC5

triadic

#C8BFC9 #C9C8BF #BFC9C8

tetradic

#C8BFC9 #C9C3BF #C0C9BF #BFC5C9

square

#C8BFC9 #C9C3BF #C0C9BF #BFC5C9

split-complementary

#C8BFC9 #C5C9BF #BFC9C3

monochromatic

#8F7D91 #AB9EAD #C8BFC9 #E5E0E5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8BFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C8BFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BFC9

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BFC9	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.017 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d2d9',
    500: '#c8bfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bfc9;
$custom-light: #d8d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81497,
    "c": 0.01699,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BFC9

secondary

#919C90

accent

#925359

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BFC9

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

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