#C8A0CC#C8A0CC

#C8A0CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.076 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0CC
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(295, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(295, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 22.40, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 28.04, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.061 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.076 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2880, 41.7816, 62.6886)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0CC #A4CCA0

analogous

#B2A0CC #C8A0CC #CCA0BA

triadic

#C8A0CC #CCC8A0 #A0CCC8

tetradic

#C8A0CC #CCB2A0 #A4CCA0 #A0BACC

square

#C8A0CC #CCB2A0 #A4CCA0 #A0BACC

split-complementary

#C8A0CC #BACCA0 #A0CCB2

monochromatic

#97549D #B178B7 #C8A0CC #DFC8E1 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C8A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0CC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0CC	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.076 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcdb',
    500: '#c8a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0cc;
$custom-light: #d9bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 30.137,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0CC

secondary

#DFEADE

accent

#A93D47

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0CC

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

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