#C8A0EC#C8A0EC

#C8A0EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0EC
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 236)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 28.91, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 43.62, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0701 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.114 308)
XYZ	xyz(51.5277, 43.4775, 85.0181)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0EC #C4ECA0

analogous

#A2A0EC #C8A0EC #ECA0EA

triadic

#C8A0EC #ECC8A0 #A0ECC8

tetradic

#C8A0EC #ECA2A0 #C4ECA0 #A0EAEC

square

#C8A0EC #ECA2A0 #C4ECA0 #A0EAEC

split-complementary

#C8A0EC #EAECA0 #A0ECA2

monochromatic

#8D3AD8 #AA6DE2 #C8A0EC #E6D3F6 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8A0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0EC

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0EC	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcf2',
    500: '#c8a0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0ec;
$custom-light: #d9bcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76897,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0EC

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CF176E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0EC

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

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