#C8A0CB#C8A0CB

#C8A0CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.075 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0CB
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(296, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 22.21, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 27.59, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0607 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.075 324)
XYZ	xyz(47.1684, 41.7338, 62.0590)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0CB #A3CBA0

analogous

#B2A0CB #C8A0CB #CBA0B8

triadic

#C8A0CB #CBC8A0 #A0CBC8

tetradic

#C8A0CB #CBB2A0 #A3CBA0 #A0B8CB

square

#C8A0CB #CBB2A0 #A3CBA0 #A0B8CB

split-complementary

#C8A0CB #B8CBA0 #A0CBB2

monochromatic

#97559B #B178B5 #C8A0CB #DFC8E1 #F4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8A0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0CB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0CB	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.075 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcda',
    500: '#c8a0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0cb;
$custom-light: #d9bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.814,
    "s": 29.252,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.07496,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.41733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0CB

secondary

#DFE9DE

accent

#A83E45

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0CB

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

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