#C8A0EB#C8A0EB

#C8A0EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0EB
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 28.70, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 43.11, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0699 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.113 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3828, 43.4196, 84.2551)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0EB #C3EBA0

analogous

#A3A0EB #C8A0EB #EBA0E8

triadic

#C8A0EB #EBC8A0 #A0EBC8

tetradic

#C8A0EB #EBA3A0 #C3EBA0 #A0E8EB

square

#C8A0EB #EBA3A0 #C3EBA0 #A0E8EB

split-complementary

#C8A0EB #E8EBA0 #A0EBA3

monochromatic

#8D3BD6 #AB6DE0 #C8A0EB #E5D3F6 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8A0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0EB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0EB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcf1',
    500: '#c8a0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0eb;
$custom-light: #d9bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76855,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0EB

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CD186D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0EB

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

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