#C8BFDE#C8BFDE

#C8BFDE is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.044 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BFDE
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(257, 32%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, 9.05, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 16.93, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% 0.0211 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.044 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6325, 54.8148, 76.7425)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BFDE #D5DEBF

analogous

#BFC5DE #C8BFDE #D7BFDE

triadic

#C8BFDE #DEC8BF #BFDEC8

tetradic

#C8BFDE #DEBFC5 #D5DEBF #BFDED7

square

#C8BFDE #DEBFC5 #D5DEBF #BFDED7

split-complementary

#C8BFDE #DED7BF #C5DEBF

monochromatic

#836EB4 #A597C9 #C8BFDE #EBE7F3 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BFDE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BFDE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.044 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d2e8',
    500: '#c8bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bfde;
$custom-light: #d8d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 31.959,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8218,
    "c": 0.044,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BFDE

secondary

#A9B68B

accent

#AB3B8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BFDE

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

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