#C8A0D3#C8A0D3

#C8A0D3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.084 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0D3
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 211)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 24%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 23.76, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 31.29, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0632 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.084 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1464, 42.1250, 67.2100)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0D3 #ABD3A0

analogous

#AEA0D3 #C8A0D3 #D3A0C4

triadic

#C8A0D3 #D3C8A0 #A0D3C8

tetradic

#C8A0D3 #D3AEA0 #ABD3A0 #A0C4D3

square

#C8A0D3 #D3AEA0 #ABD3A0 #A0C4D3

split-complementary

#C8A0D3 #C4D3A0 #A0D3AE

monochromatic

#964FAA #B076C0 #C8A0D3 #E0CAE6 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8A0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0D3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0D3	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.084 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bce0',
    500: '#c8a0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0d3;
$custom-light: #d9bce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 36.691,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75889,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0D3

secondary

#E2ECDF

accent

#B03650

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0D3

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

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