#C7A0E8#C7A0E8

#C7A0E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.109 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A0E8
RGB	rgb(199, 160, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 31%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 27.75, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 41.50, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.068 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.109 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6868, 43.1104, 81.9792)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A0E8 #C1E8A0

analogous

#A3A0E8 #C7A0E8 #E8A0E5

triadic

#C7A0E8 #E8C7A0 #A0E8C7

tetradic

#C7A0E8 #E8A3A0 #C1E8A0 #A0E5E8

square

#C7A0E8 #E8A3A0 #C1E8A0 #A0E5E8

split-complementary

#C7A0E8 #E5E8A0 #A0E8A3

monochromatic

#8D3DD0 #AA6FDC #C7A0E8 #E4D1F4 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C7A0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C7A0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A0E8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A0E8	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 160, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.109 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcef',
    500: '#c7a0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a0e8;
$custom-light: #d9bcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A0E8

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C91D6C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A0E8

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

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