#C8C8E4#C8C8E4

#C8C8E4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.039 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C8E4
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(240, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, 5.44, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 14.87, 291.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% 0.0104 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.039 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4743, 59.1889, 81.7277)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C8E4 #E4E4C8

analogous

#C8D6E4 #C8C8E4 #D6C8E4

triadic

#C8C8E4 #E4C8C8 #C8E4C8

tetradic

#C8C8E4 #E4C8D6 #E4E4C8 #C8E4D6

square

#C8C8E4 #E4C8D6 #E4E4C8 #C8E4D6

split-complementary

#C8C8E4 #E4D6C8 #D6E4C8

monochromatic

#7676BC #9F9FD0 #C8C8E4 #EAEAF5 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#C8C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C8E4

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C8E4	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.039 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8ec',
    500: '#c8c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c8e4;
$custom-light: #d8d8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84161,
    "c": 0.03879,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C8E4

secondary

#BDBD93

accent

#AD39AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C8E4

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

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