#C8A0E2#C8A0E2

#C8A0E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.102 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0E2
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 26.80, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 38.60, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0675 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.102 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1154, 42.9126, 77.5796)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0E2 #BAE2A0

analogous

#A7A0E2 #C8A0E2 #E2A0DB

triadic

#C8A0E2 #E2C8A0 #A0E2C8

tetradic

#C8A0E2 #E2A7A0 #BAE2A0 #A0DBE2

square

#C8A0E2 #E2A7A0 #BAE2A0 #A0DBE2

split-complementary

#C8A0E2 #DBE2A0 #A0E2A7

monochromatic

#9242C5 #AD71D4 #C8A0E2 #E3CFF0 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8A0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0E2

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0E2	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.102 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bceb',
    500: '#c8a0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0e2;
$custom-light: #d9bceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.364,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76479,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0E2

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C12562

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0E2

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

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