#C0A4E5#C0A4E5

#C0A4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.096 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A4E5
RGB	rgb(192, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 22.74, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 36.82, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0535 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.096 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1537, 43.4146, 79.9039)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A4E5 #C9E5A4

analogous

#A4A9E5 #C0A4E5 #E1A4E5

triadic

#C0A4E5 #E5C0A4 #A4E5C0

tetradic

#C0A4E5 #E5A4A9 #C9E5A4 #A4E5E1

square

#C0A4E5 #E5A4A9 #C9E5A4 #A4E5E1

split-complementary

#C0A4E5 #E5E1A4 #A9E5A4

monochromatic

#7E45CA #9F74D7 #C0A4E5 #E1D4F3 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C0A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C0A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A4E5

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A4E5	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.096 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bfed',
    500: '#c0a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a4e5;
$custom-light: #d3bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A4E5

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3227E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A4E5

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

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