#C8A1EC#C8A1EC

#C8A1EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1EC
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 236)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 28.36, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 42.98, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0687 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.112 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7018, 43.8256, 85.0761)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1EC #C5ECA1

analogous

#A2A1EC #C8A1EC #ECA1EB

triadic

#C8A1EC #ECC8A1 #A1ECC8

tetradic

#C8A1EC #ECA2A1 #C5ECA1 #A1EBEC

square

#C8A1EC #ECA2A1 #C5ECA1 #A1EBEC

split-complementary

#C8A1EC #EBECA1 #A1ECA2

monochromatic

#8C3BD7 #AA6EE2 #C8A1EC #E6D4F6 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C8A1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1EC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1EC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdf2',
    500: '#c8a1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1ec;
$custom-light: #d9bdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1EC

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE176F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1EC

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

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