#C8A0C2#C8A0C2

#C8A0C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.066 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0C2
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 194)
HSL	hsl(309, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(309, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 3%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 20.52, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 23.68, 330.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0577 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.066 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1269, 41.3172, 56.5736)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0C2 #A0C8A6

analogous

#BAA0C8 #C8A0C2 #C8A0AE

triadic

#C8A0C2 #C2C8A0 #A0C2C8

tetradic

#C8A0C2 #C8BAA0 #A0C8A6 #A0AEC8

square

#C8A0C2 #C8BAA0 #A0C8A6 #A0AEC8

split-complementary

#C8A0C2 #AEC8A0 #A0C8BA

monochromatic

#96578D #B279A9 #C8A0C2 #DEC7DB #F4ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A0C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A0C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0C2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0C2	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.066 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcd4',
    500: '#c8a0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0c2;
$custom-light: #d9bcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75273,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0C2

secondary

#DCE7DE

accent

#A54F40

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0C2

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

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