#C8C4CE#C8C4CE

#C8C4CE is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.014 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C4CE
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 9%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(264, 5%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 3.24, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 5.54, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% 0.0081 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.014 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6980, 56.2155, 66.3496)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C4CE #CACEC4

analogous

#C4C5CE #C8C4CE #CDC4CE

triadic

#C8C4CE #CEC8C4 #C4CEC8

tetradic

#C8C4CE #CEC4C5 #CACEC4 #C4CECD

square

#C8C4CE #CEC4C5 #CACEC4 #C4CECD

split-complementary

#C8C4CE #CECDC4 #C5CEC4

monochromatic

#8A8196 #A9A3B2 #C8C4CE #E7E5EA #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8C4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C8C4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C4CE

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C4CE	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.014 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5dd',
    500: '#c8c4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c4ce;
$custom-light: #d8d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 9.259,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82652,
    "c": 0.01444,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C4CE

secondary

#9CA295

accent

#935279

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C4CE

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

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