#C8A0C8#C8A0C8

#C8A0C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.072 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0C8
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 21.64, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 26.25, 325.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0597 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.072 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8144, 41.5922, 60.1944)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0C8 #A0C8A0

analogous

#B4A0C8 #C8A0C8 #C8A0B4

triadic

#C8A0C8 #C8C8A0 #A0C8C8

tetradic

#C8A0C8 #C8B4A0 #A0C8A0 #A0B4C8

square

#C8A0C8 #C8B4A0 #A0C8A0 #A0B4C8

split-complementary

#C8A0C8 #B4C8A0 #A0C8B4

monochromatic

#965796 #B279B2 #C8A0C8 #DEC7DE #F4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0C8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0C8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.072 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcd8',
    500: '#c8a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0c8;
$custom-light: #d9bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75484,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0C8

secondary

#DCE7DC

accent

#A54040

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0C8

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

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