#C8A3CB#C8A3CB

#C8A3CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.070 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3CB
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(296, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(296, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 20.56, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 25.61, 323.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0561 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.07 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6948, 42.7865, 62.2345)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3CB #A6CBA3

analogous

#B4A3CB #C8A3CB #CBA3BA

triadic

#C8A3CB #CBC8A3 #A3CBC8

tetradic

#C8A3CB #CBB4A3 #A6CBA3 #A3BACB

square

#C8A3CB #CBB4A3 #A6CBA3 #A3BACB

split-complementary

#C8A3CB #BACBA3 #A3CBB4

monochromatic

#97589C #B17CB5 #C8A3CB #DFCAE1 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3CB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3CB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.070 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beda',
    500: '#c8a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3cb;
$custom-light: #d9beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.5,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76149,
    "c": 0.06952,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3CB

secondary

#E1EAE0

accent

#A63F47

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3CB

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

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