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#C8B8DB · Thistle
Click to copy#C8B8DB is a light, muted purple color, closest to Thistle and near Thistle and Lavender Gray. In OKLCH it has 81% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 306°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #C8B8DB a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#C8B8DBRGB
rgb(200, 184, 219)HSL
hsl(267, 33%, 79%)CMYK
9, 16, 0, 14CSS var
--thistleContrast
1.85:1 white · 11.33:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #C8B8DB
Black text passes WCAG AA on #C8B8DB (11.33:1); white text does not (1.85:1).
For a calm scheme pair #C8B8DB with its analogous neighbors #B8BADB and #D9B8DB; for contrast use its complement #CBDBB8 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.
--thistle: #C8B8DB;
$thistle: #C8B8DB;
colors: { 'thistle': '#C8B8DB' }