#C8A1DC#C8A1DC

#C8A1DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.093 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1DC
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 25.02, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 34.99, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0644 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.093 314)
XYZ	xyz(49.4805, 42.9371, 73.3773)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1DC #B5DCA1

analogous

#ABA1DC #C8A1DC #DCA1D3

triadic

#C8A1DC #DCC8A1 #A1DCC8

tetradic

#C8A1DC #DCABA1 #B5DCA1 #A1D3DC

square

#C8A1DC #DCABA1 #B5DCA1 #A1D3DC

split-complementary

#C8A1DC #D3DCA1 #A1DCAB

monochromatic

#9448BB #AE74CB #C8A1DC #E2CEED #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8A1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1DC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1DC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.093 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bde7',
    500: '#c8a1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1dc;
$custom-light: #d9bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7642,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1DC

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#B92D5C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1DC

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

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