#C8A1DD#C8A1DD

#C8A1DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.094 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1DD
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 27%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 25.22, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 35.48, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0646 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.094 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6133, 42.9903, 74.0769)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1DD #B6DDA1

analogous

#AAA1DD #C8A1DD #DDA1D4

triadic

#C8A1DD #DDC8A1 #A1DDC8

tetradic

#C8A1DD #DDAAA1 #B6DDA1 #A1D4DD

square

#C8A1DD #DDAAA1 #B6DDA1 #A1D4DD

split-complementary

#C8A1DD #D4DDA1 #A1DDAA

monochromatic

#9347BC #AE74CD #C8A1DD #E2CEED #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8A1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1DD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1DD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.094 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bde7',
    500: '#c8a1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1dd;
$custom-light: #d9bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76459,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1DD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BA2B5D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1DD

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

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