#C8A0CD#C8A0CD

#C8A0CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0CD
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(293, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 22.59, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 28.50, 322.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0613 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.077 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4083, 41.8298, 63.3223)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0CD #A5CDA0

analogous

#B2A0CD #C8A0CD #CDA0BC

triadic

#C8A0CD #CDC8A0 #A0CDC8

tetradic

#C8A0CD #CDB2A0 #A5CDA0 #A0BCCD

square

#C8A0CD #CDB2A0 #A5CDA0 #A0BCCD

split-complementary

#C8A0CD #BCCDA0 #A0CDB2

monochromatic

#97549F #B178B8 #C8A0CD #DFC8E2 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0CD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0CD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcdc',
    500: '#c8a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0cd;
$custom-light: #d9bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75665,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0CD

secondary

#E0EADF

accent

#AA3C48

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0CD

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

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