#C8C4E2#C8C4E2

#C8C4E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.042 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C4E2
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(248, 34%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(248, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, 7.17, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 16.07, 296.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0154 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.042 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2840, 57.2499, 79.9692)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C4E2 #DEE2C4

analogous

#C4CFE2 #C8C4E2 #D7C4E2

triadic

#C8C4E2 #E2C8C4 #C4E2C8

tetradic

#C8C4E2 #E2C4CF #DEE2C4 #C4E2D7

square

#C8C4E2 #E2C4CF #DEE2C4 #C4E2D7

split-complementary

#C8C4E2 #E2D7C4 #CFE2C4

monochromatic

#7B72BA #A29BCE #C8C4E2 #ECEAF5 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#C8C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C4E2

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C4E2	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.042 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5eb',
    500: '#c8c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c4e2;
$custom-light: #d8d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 34.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83301,
    "c": 0.04176,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C4E2

secondary

#B5BB90

accent

#AD399D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C4E2

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

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