#C8C8EA#C8C8EA

#C8C8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.047 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C8EA
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(240, 45%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 6.69, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 18.05, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% 0.0125 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.047 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3217, 59.5278, 86.1907)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C8EA #EAEAC8

analogous

#C8D9EA #C8C8EA #D9C8EA

triadic

#C8C8EA #EAC8C8 #C8EAC8

tetradic

#C8C8EA #EAC8D9 #EAEAC8 #C8EAD9

square

#C8C8EA #EAC8D9 #EAEAC8 #C8EAD9

split-complementary

#C8C8EA #EAD9C8 #D9EAC8

monochromatic

#6F6FC8 #9C9CD9 #C8C8EA #E9E9F7 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#C8C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C8EA

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C8EA	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.047 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d8f0',
    500: '#c8c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c8ea;
$custom-light: #d9d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84368,
    "c": 0.04713,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C8EA

secondary

#C5C591

accent

#B82EB8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C8EA

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

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