#C8C3CD#C8C3CD

#C8C3CD is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.015 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C3CD
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, 3.58, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 5.65, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% 0.0092 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.015 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3521, 55.7174, 65.6369)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C3CD #C8CDC3

analogous

#C3C3CD #C8C3CD #CDC3CD

triadic

#C8C3CD #CDC8C3 #C3CDC8

tetradic

#C8C3CD #CDC3C3 #C8CDC3 #C3CDCD

square

#C8C3CD #CDC3C3 #C8CDC3 #C3CDCD

split-complementary

#C8C3CD #CDCDC3 #C3CDC3

monochromatic

#8B8095 #A9A2B1 #C8C3CD #E7E4E9 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C8C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C3CD

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C3CD	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.015 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5dc',
    500: '#c8c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c3cd;
$custom-light: #d8d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8242,
    "c": 0.01482,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C3CD

secondary

#9AA194

accent

#935273

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C3CD

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

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