#C8A0DD#C8A0DD

#C8A0DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0DD
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 25.77, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 36.13, 315.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0661 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.096 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4393, 42.6422, 74.0189)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0DD #B5DDA0

analogous

#AAA0DD #C8A0DD #DDA0D4

triadic

#C8A0DD #DDC8A0 #A0DDC8

tetradic

#C8A0DD #DDAAA0 #B5DDA0 #A0D4DD

square

#C8A0DD #DDAAA0 #B5DDA0 #A0D4DD

split-complementary

#C8A0DD #D4DDA0 #A0DDAA

monochromatic

#9446BD #AE73CD #C8A0DD #E2CDED #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C8A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0DD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0DD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bce7',
    500: '#c8a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0dd;
$custom-light: #d9bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.344,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0DD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2B5C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0DD

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

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