#C8A2D9#C8A2D9

#C8A2D9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.087 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A2D9
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 42%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 23.86, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 32.87, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.062 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.087 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2622, 43.1305, 71.3621)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A2D9 #B3D9A2

analogous

#ADA2D9 #C8A2D9 #D9A2CF

triadic

#C8A2D9 #D9C8A2 #A2D9C8

tetradic

#C8A2D9 #D9ADA2 #B3D9A2 #A2CFD9

square

#C8A2D9 #D9ADA2 #B3D9A2 #A2CFD9

split-complementary

#C8A2D9 #CFD9A2 #A2D9AD

monochromatic

#954BB5 #AE77C7 #C8A2D9 #E2CDEB #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8A2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A2D9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A2D9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.087 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bde4',
    500: '#c8a2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a2d9;
$custom-light: #d9bde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 41.985,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A2D9

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B53059

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A2D9

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

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