#C8A2E8#C8A2E8

#C8A2E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A2E8
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 26.96, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 40.32, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0662 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.106 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3026, 43.9467, 82.1082)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A2E8 #C2E8A2

analogous

#A5A2E8 #C8A2E8 #E8A2E5

triadic

#C8A2E8 #E8C8A2 #A2E8C8

tetradic

#C8A2E8 #E8A5A2 #C2E8A2 #A2E5E8

square

#C8A2E8 #E8A5A2 #C2E8A2 #A2E5E8

split-complementary

#C8A2E8 #E5E8A2 #A2E8A5

monochromatic

#8E40D0 #AB71DC #C8A2E8 #E5D3F4 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8A2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A2E8

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A2E8	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)

#96AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beef',
    500: '#c8a2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a2e8;
$custom-light: #d9beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77087,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A2E8

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C81D6B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A2E8

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

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