#C8A1E2#C8A1E2

#C8A1E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.100 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1E2
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 28.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 26.25, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 37.96, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.066 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.1 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2894, 43.2607, 77.6376)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1E2 #BBE2A1

analogous

#A7A1E2 #C8A1E2 #E2A1DB

triadic

#C8A1E2 #E2C8A1 #A1E2C8

tetradic

#C8A1E2 #E2A7A1 #BBE2A1 #A1DBE2

square

#C8A1E2 #E2A7A1 #BBE2A1 #A1DBE2

split-complementary

#C8A1E2 #DBE2A1 #A1E2A7

monochromatic

#9143C5 #AD72D4 #C8A1E2 #E3D0F0 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8A1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1E2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1E2	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.100 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdeb',
    500: '#c8a1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1e2;
$custom-light: #d9bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7666,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C02563

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1E2

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

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