#C8A0CE#C8A0CE

#C8A0CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.078 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0CE
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(292, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(292, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 22.79, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 28.96, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0616 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.078 322)
XYZ	xyz(47.5294, 41.8782, 63.9601)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0CE #A6CEA0

analogous

#B1A0CE #C8A0CE #CEA0BD

triadic

#C8A0CE #CEC8A0 #A0CEC8

tetradic

#C8A0CE #CEB1A0 #A6CEA0 #A0BDCE

square

#C8A0CE #CEB1A0 #A6CEA0 #A0BDCE

split-complementary

#C8A0CE #BDCEA0 #A0CEB1

monochromatic

#9753A1 #B178B9 #C8A0CE #DFC8E3 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C8A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0CE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0CE	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.078 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcdd',
    500: '#c8a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0ce;
$custom-light: #d9bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 31.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.07823,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.41877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0CE

secondary

#E1EBDF

accent

#AB3B49

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0CE

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

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