#C8A1EB#C8A1EB

#C8A1EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1EB
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 28.15, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 42.47, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0684 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.111 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5569, 43.7677, 84.3131)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1EB #C4EBA1

analogous

#A3A1EB #C8A1EB #EBA1E9

triadic

#C8A1EB #EBC8A1 #A1EBC8

tetradic

#C8A1EB #EBA3A1 #C4EBA1 #A1E9EB

square

#C8A1EB #EBA3A1 #C4EBA1 #A1E9EB

split-complementary

#C8A1EB #E9EBA1 #A1EBA3

monochromatic

#8D3CD6 #AA6FE0 #C8A1EB #E6D3F6 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8A1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1EB

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1EB	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdf1',
    500: '#c8a1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1eb;
$custom-light: #d9bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1EB

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CD196E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1EB

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

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