#C8A0EE#C8A0EE

#C8A0EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0EE
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 32.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 29.34, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 44.63, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0706 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.116 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8199, 43.5944, 86.5570)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0EE #C6EEA0

analogous

#A1A0EE #C8A0EE #EEA0ED

triadic

#C8A0EE #EEC8A0 #A0EEC8

tetradic

#C8A0EE #EEA1A0 #C6EEA0 #A0EDEE

square

#C8A0EE #EEA1A0 #C6EEA0 #A0EDEE

split-complementary

#C8A0EE #EDEEA0 #A0EEA1

monochromatic

#8C38DB #AA6CE5 #C8A0EE #E6D4F7 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8A0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0EE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0EE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcf3',
    500: '#c8a0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0ee;
$custom-light: #d9bcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0EE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D21470

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0EE

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

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