#C8A3CC#C8A3CC

#C8A3CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.071 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3CC
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(294, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 20.75, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 26.07, 322.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0564 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.071 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8143, 42.8343, 62.8641)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3CC #A7CCA3

analogous

#B4A3CC #C8A3CC #CCA3BC

triadic

#C8A3CC #CCC8A3 #A3CCC8

tetradic

#C8A3CC #CCB4A3 #A7CCA3 #A3BCCC

square

#C8A3CC #CCB4A3 #A7CCA3 #A3BCCC

split-complementary

#C8A3CC #BCCCA3 #A3CCB4

monochromatic

#97579D #B07CB6 #C8A3CC #E0CAE2 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C8A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3CC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3CC	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.071 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bedb',
    500: '#c8a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3cc;
$custom-light: #d9bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.146,
    "s": 28.671,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.07061,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3CC

secondary

#E1EBE0

accent

#A73E48

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3CC

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

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