#C3A8CD#C3A8CD

#C3A8CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.060 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A8CD
RGB	rgb(195, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(284, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 16.52, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 22.43, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% 0.0436 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.06 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5261, 44.0157, 63.7380)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A8CD #B2CDA8

analogous

#B0A8CD #C3A8CD #CDA8C4

triadic

#C3A8CD #CDC3A8 #A8CDC3

tetradic

#C3A8CD #CDB0A8 #B2CDA8 #A8C4CD

square

#C3A8CD #CDB0A8 #B2CDA8 #A8C4CD

split-complementary

#C3A8CD #C4CDA8 #A8CDB0

monochromatic

#8D5B9F #A881B7 #C3A8CD #DECFE3 #F2ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C3A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C3A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A8CD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A8CD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.060 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c2dc',
    500: '#c3a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a8cd;
$custom-light: #d5c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76703,
    "c": 0.05976,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A8CD

secondary

#E3EAE1

accent

#A6405B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A8CD

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

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