#CAB8D8#CAB8D8

#CAB8D8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.048 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB8D8
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(274, 29%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 12.29, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 18.41, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% 0.0314 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.048 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8902, 51.7957, 72.1110)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB8D8 #C6D8B8

analogous

#BAB8D8 #CAB8D8 #D8B8D6

triadic

#CAB8D8 #D8CAB8 #B8D8CA

tetradic

#CAB8D8 #D8BAB8 #C6D8B8 #B8D6D8

square

#CAB8D8 #D8BAB8 #C6D8B8 #B8D6D8

split-complementary

#CAB8D8 #D6D8B8 #B8D8BA

monochromatic

#8F69AD #AD90C2 #CAB8D8 #E7E0EE #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CAB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB8D8

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB8D8	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.048 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacde4',
    500: '#cab8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab8d8;
$custom-light: #dacde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80776,
    "c": 0.04845,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB8D8

secondary

#98AF86

accent

#A83E6C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB8D8

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

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