#C8A3D9#C8A3D9

#C8A3D9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.086 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3D9
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 23.31, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 32.23, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0605 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.086 315)
XYZ	xyz(49.4390, 43.4842, 71.4210)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3D9 #B4D9A3

analogous

#ADA3D9 #C8A3D9 #D9A3CF

triadic

#C8A3D9 #D9C8A3 #A3D9C8

tetradic

#C8A3D9 #D9ADA3 #B4D9A3 #A3CFD9

square

#C8A3D9 #D9ADA3 #B4D9A3 #A3CFD9

split-complementary

#C8A3D9 #CFD9A3 #A3D9AD

monochromatic

#944CB5 #AE78C7 #C8A3D9 #E2CEEB #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8A3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3D9

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3D9	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.086 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bee4',
    500: '#c8a3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3d9;
$custom-light: #d9bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76668,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.43483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3D9

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B5315A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3D9

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

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