#C8C4DA#C8C4DA

#C8C4DA is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.031 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C4DA
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 23%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(251, 10%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 5.56, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 11.83, 298.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% 0.0125 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.031 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2118, 56.8210, 74.3222)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C4DA #D6DAC4

analogous

#C4CBDA #C8C4DA #D3C4DA

triadic

#C8C4DA #DAC8C4 #C4DAC8

tetradic

#C8C4DA #DAC4CB #D6DAC4 #C4DAD3

square

#C8C4DA #DAC4CB #D6DAC4 #C4DAD3

split-complementary

#C8C4DA #DAD3C4 #CBDAC4

monochromatic

#8279AB #A59EC2 #C8C4DA #EBEAF2 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8C4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#C8C4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C4DA

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C4DA	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.031 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5e5',
    500: '#c8c4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c4da;
$custom-light: #d8d5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 22.917,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83033,
    "c": 0.03072,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C4DA

secondary

#ABB092

accent

#A14490

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C4DA

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

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