#C8A2E2#C8A2E2

#C8A2E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.098 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A2E2
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 25.70, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 37.31, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% 0.0646 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.098 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4649, 43.6116, 77.6961)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A2E2 #BCE2A2

analogous

#A8A2E2 #C8A2E2 #E2A2DC

triadic

#C8A2E2 #E2C8A2 #A2E2C8

tetradic

#C8A2E2 #E2A8A2 #BCE2A2 #A2DCE2

square

#C8A2E2 #E2A8A2 #BCE2A2 #A2DCE2

split-complementary

#C8A2E2 #DCE2A2 #A2E2A8

monochromatic

#9145C5 #AC73D3 #C8A2E2 #E4D1F1 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A2E2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A2E2	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.098 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdeb',
    500: '#c8a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a2e2;
$custom-light: #d9bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76841,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A2E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C02664

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A2E2

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

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