#C8A1CA#C8A1CA

#C8A1CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.072 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1CA
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(297, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(297, 20%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 21.47, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 26.48, 324.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0588 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.072 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2237, 42.0344, 61.4914)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1CA #A3CAA1

analogous

#B3A1CA #C8A1CA #CAA1B7

triadic

#C8A1CA #CAC8A1 #A1CAC8

tetradic

#C8A1CA #CAB3A1 #A3CAA1 #A1B7CA

square

#C8A1CA #CAB3A1 #A3CAA1 #A1B7CA

split-complementary

#C8A1CA #B7CAA1 #A1CAB3

monochromatic

#97579A #B17AB4 #C8A1CA #DFC8E0 #F4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C8A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1CA

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1CA	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.072 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdda',
    500: '#c8a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1ca;
$custom-light: #d9bdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.073,
    "s": 27.891,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.07207,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1CA

secondary

#DFE9DE

accent

#A73F44

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1CA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →