#C8A0EF#C8A0EF

#C8A0EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0EF
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 29.56, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 45.13, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0709 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.118 307)
XYZ	xyz(51.9672, 43.6533, 87.3329)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0EF #C7EFA0

analogous

#A0A0EF #C8A0EF #EFA0EE

triadic

#C8A0EF #EFC8A0 #A0EFC8

tetradic

#C8A0EF #EFA0A0 #C7EFA0 #A0EEEF

square

#C8A0EF #EFA0A0 #C7EFA0 #A0EEEF

split-complementary

#C8A0EF #EEEFA0 #A0EFA0

monochromatic

#8B37DD #AA6CE6 #C8A0EF #E6D4F8 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8A0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0EF

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0EF	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcf4',
    500: '#c8a0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0ef;
$custom-light: #d9bcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 71.171,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77027,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.43653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0EF

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31272

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0EF

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

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