#C8A0ED#C8A0ED

#C8A0ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.115 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0ED
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 237)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 29.13, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 44.12, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.0704 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.115 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6734, 43.5358, 85.7854)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0ED #C5EDA0

analogous

#A1A0ED #C8A0ED #EDA0EB

triadic

#C8A0ED #EDC8A0 #A0EDC8

tetradic

#C8A0ED #EDA1A0 #C5EDA0 #A0EBED

square

#C8A0ED #EDA1A0 #C5EDA0 #A0EBED

split-complementary

#C8A0ED #EBEDA0 #A0EDA1

monochromatic

#8C39DA #AA6DE3 #C8A0ED #E6D3F7 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8A0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0ED

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0ED	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.115 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcf3',
    500: '#c8a0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0ed;
$custom-light: #d9bcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.169,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0ED

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D0156F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0ED

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

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