#C8BBDF

sRGB: 200 / 187 / 223

Celestial flames illuminate hidden paths
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations echo beyond eternity

#C8BBDF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 200 red, 187 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 261.7° lands in the violet region. Its 36.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.63:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 200, 187, 223
HSL: 261.67°, 36.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 261.67°, 16.14%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 10.31%, 16.14%, 0.00%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.906, 53.148, 77.180
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.962, 11.412, -16.309
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53148
24-bit decimal: 13155295

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C8BBDF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.63:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.81:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D2DFBB sits half a turn (180°) from #C8BBDF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C8BBDF #D2DFBB

Analogous

#BBC0DF and #DABBDF sit 30° to either side of #C8BBDF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BBC0DF #C8BBDF #DABBDF

Triadic

#C8BBDF, #DFC8BB and #BBDFC8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C8BBDF #DFC8BB #BBDFC8

Split complementary

Start at #C8BBDF and look across the wheel. #DFDABB and #C0DFBB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C8BBDF #DFDABB #C0DFBB

Square

Starting with #C8BBDF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFBBC0, #D2DFBB, then #BBDFDA. Across the square, #C8BBDF pairs with #D2DFBB, and #DFBBC0 with #BBDFDA.

#C8BBDF #DFBBC0 #D2DFBB #BBDFDA

Tetradic

#C8BBDF and #D2DFBB are opposites, as are #DFBBD2 and #BBDFC8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C8BBDF #DFBBD2 #D2DFBB #BBDFC8

Tints

Mixing #C8BBDF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D3C9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4F1F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#C8BBDF #D3C9E5 #DED6EC #E9E4F2 #F4F1F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C8BBDF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A096B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #28252D, the mixture is 80% black.

#C8BBDF #A096B2 #787086 #504B59 #28252D #000000

Tones

Mixing #C8BBDF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BAAFCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E8C93, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C8BBDF #BAAFCC #ABA3B9 #9D98A6 #8E8C93 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C8BBDF

RGB

rgb(200 187 223)

HSL

hsl(261.667 36.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C8BBDF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C8BBDF uses 200 red, 187 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.4%

Green 73.3%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C8BBDF is 10.3% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 10.3%

Magenta 16.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C8BBDF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBBDD Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#C8BBDF #CAC1D9 #CBC7D3 #CDCDCD #CFD3C7 #D0D9C1 #D2DFBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #C8BBDF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#B5C0E1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C4C0C7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BCBFE0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BCBFDE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C7BDD7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C1C1C1

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C4BED1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57758 G 0.49693 B 0.73791

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.77558 G 0.73510 B 0.86383

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.56326 G 0.49961 B 0.71773

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.296 y 0.287 Y 53.148

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.569 M % 26.667 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001000 10111011 11011111