#C8A2E9#C8A2E9

#C8A2E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A2E9
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 27.17, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 40.83, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0665 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.107 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4450, 44.0037, 82.8584)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A2E9 #C3E9A2

analogous

#A5A2E9 #C8A2E9 #E9A2E6

triadic

#C8A2E9 #E9C8A2 #A2E9C8

tetradic

#C8A2E9 #E9A5A2 #C3E9A2 #A2E6E9

square

#C8A2E9 #E9A5A2 #C3E9A2 #A2E6E9

split-complementary

#C8A2E9 #E6E9A2 #A2E9A5

monochromatic

#8D3FD2 #AB71DD #C8A2E9 #E5D3F5 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8A2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A2E9

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A2E9	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bef0',
    500: '#c8a2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a2e9;
$custom-light: #d9bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77129,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A2E9

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#C91C6D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A2E9

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

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