#C8A1EE#C8A1EE

#C8A1EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A1EE
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 32.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 28.79, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 43.99, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0692 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.115 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9940, 43.9425, 86.6150)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A1EE #C7EEA1

analogous

#A1A1EE #C8A1EE #EEA1ED

triadic

#C8A1EE #EEC8A1 #A1EEC8

tetradic

#C8A1EE #EEA1A1 #C7EEA1 #A1EDEE

square

#C8A1EE #EEA1A1 #C7EEA1 #A1EDEE

split-complementary

#C8A1EE #EDEEA1 #A1EEA1

monochromatic

#8B39DB #AA6DE5 #C8A1EE #E6D5F7 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A1EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8A1EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A1EE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A1EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A1EE	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a1ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdf3',
    500: '#c8a1ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a1ee;
$custom-light: #d9bdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a1ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77162,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A1EE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D11472

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A1EE

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

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