#C8A3C8#C8A3C8

#C8A3C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.066 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3C8
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 19.99, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 24.27, 325.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0551 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.066 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3407, 42.6449, 60.3698)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3C8 #A3C8A3

analogous

#B5A3C8 #C8A3C8 #C8A3B5

triadic

#C8A3C8 #C8C8A3 #A3C8C8

tetradic

#C8A3C8 #C8B5A3 #A3C8A3 #A3B5C8

square

#C8A3C8 #C8B5A3 #A3C8A3 #A3B5C8

split-complementary

#C8A3C8 #B5C8A3 #A3C8B5

monochromatic

#975A97 #B17DB1 #C8A3C8 #DFC9DF #F4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C8A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3C8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3C8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.066 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bed8',
    500: '#c8a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3c8;
$custom-light: #d9bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25.17,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76042,
    "c": 0.06633,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3C8

secondary

#DFE8DF

accent

#A44242

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3C8

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

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