#C8A0E4#C8A0E4

#C8A0E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0E4
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 27.22, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 39.60, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.068 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.104 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3914, 43.0230, 79.0334)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0E4 #BCE4A0

analogous

#A6A0E4 #C8A0E4 #E4A0DE

triadic

#C8A0E4 #E4C8A0 #A0E4C8

tetradic

#C8A0E4 #E4A6A0 #BCE4A0 #A0DEE4

square

#C8A0E4 #E4A6A0 #BCE4A0 #A0DEE4

split-complementary

#C8A0E4 #DEE4A0 #A0E4A6

monochromatic

#9141C9 #AC70D6 #C8A0E4 #E4D0F2 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8A0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0E4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0E4	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcec',
    500: '#c8a0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0e4;
$custom-light: #d9bcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0E4

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C32265

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0E4

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

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