#C8A0DC#C8A0DC

#C8A0DC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0DC
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 25.57, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 35.64, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0658 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.094 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3064, 42.5890, 73.3193)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0DC #B4DCA0

analogous

#AAA0DC #C8A0DC #DCA0D2

triadic

#C8A0DC #DCC8A0 #A0DCC8

tetradic

#C8A0DC #DCAAA0 #B4DCA0 #A0D2DC

square

#C8A0DC #DCAAA0 #B4DCA0 #A0D2DC

split-complementary

#C8A0DC #D2DCA0 #A0DCAA

monochromatic

#9447BB #AE73CC #C8A0DC #E2CDEC #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8A0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C8A0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0DC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0DC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bce7',
    500: '#c8a0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0dc;
$custom-light: #d9bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0DC

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#B92C5B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0DC

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

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