#C8A2E7#C8A2E7

#C8A2E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.104 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A2E7
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 26.75, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 39.82, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0659 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.104 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1610, 43.8900, 81.3622)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A2E7 #C1E7A2

analogous

#A6A2E7 #C8A2E7 #E7A2E4

triadic

#C8A2E7 #E7C8A2 #A2E7C8

tetradic

#C8A2E7 #E7A6A2 #C1E7A2 #A2E4E7

square

#C8A2E7 #E7A6A2 #C1E7A2 #A2E4E7

split-complementary

#C8A2E7 #E4E7A2 #A2E7A6

monochromatic

#8E41CE #AB71DA #C8A2E7 #E5D3F4 #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C8A2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A2E7

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A2E7	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.104 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beee',
    500: '#c8a2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a2e7;
$custom-light: #d9beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A2E7

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C71F6A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A2E7

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

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