#C8A3D3#C8A3D3

#C8A3D3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.078 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3D3
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 35%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(286, 23%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 22.11, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 29.33, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0587 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.078 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6728, 43.1777, 67.3855)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3D3 #AED3A3

analogous

#B0A3D3 #C8A3D3 #D3A3C6

triadic

#C8A3D3 #D3C8A3 #A3D3C8

tetradic

#C8A3D3 #D3B0A3 #AED3A3 #A3C6D3

square

#C8A3D3 #D3B0A3 #AED3A3 #A3C6D3

split-complementary

#C8A3D3 #C6D3A3 #A3D3B0

monochromatic

#9651AA #AF7ABF #C8A3D3 #E1CCE7 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8A3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3D3

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3D3	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.078 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bee0',
    500: '#c8a3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3d3;
$custom-light: #d9bee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76441,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3D3

secondary

#E2ECDF

accent

#AE3753

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3D3

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

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