#C8A2E5#C8A2E5

#C8A2E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.102 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A2E5
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 26.33, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 38.82, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0654 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.102 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8801, 43.7777, 79.8831)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A2E5 #BFE5A2

analogous

#A7A2E5 #C8A2E5 #E5A2E1

triadic

#C8A2E5 #E5C8A2 #A2E5C8

tetradic

#C8A2E5 #E5A7A2 #BFE5A2 #A2E1E5

square

#C8A2E5 #E5A7A2 #BFE5A2 #A2E1E5

split-complementary

#C8A2E5 #E1E5A2 #A2E5A7

monochromatic

#8F42CA #AC72D8 #C8A2E5 #E4D2F2 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C8A2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A2E5

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A2E5	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)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.102 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bded',
    500: '#c8a2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a2e5;
$custom-light: #d9bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.03,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76963,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A2E5

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C42268

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A2E5

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

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