#C8A0DE#C8A0DE

#C8A0DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.097 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0DE
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 25.98, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 36.62, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0664 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.097 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5729, 42.6956, 74.7227)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0DE #B6DEA0

analogous

#A9A0DE #C8A0DE #DEA0D5

triadic

#C8A0DE #DEC8A0 #A0DEC8

tetradic

#C8A0DE #DEA9A0 #B6DEA0 #A0D5DE

square

#C8A0DE #DEA9A0 #B6DEA0 #A0D5DE

split-complementary

#C8A0DE #D5DEA0 #A0DEA9

monochromatic

#9345BE #AE73CE #C8A0DE #E2CDEE #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8A0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C8A0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0DE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0DE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.097 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bce8',
    500: '#c8a0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0de;
$custom-light: #d9bce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 48.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0DE

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BC2A5E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0DE

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

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