#C8A3DB#C8A3DB

#C8A3DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.088 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3DB
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 23.71, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 33.20, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0611 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.088 314)
XYZ	xyz(49.7007, 43.5889, 72.7994)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3DB #B6DBA3

analogous

#ACA3DB #C8A3DB #DBA3D2

triadic

#C8A3DB #DBC8A3 #A3DBC8

tetradic

#C8A3DB #DBACA3 #B6DBA3 #A3D2DB

square

#C8A3DB #DBACA3 #B6DBA3 #A3D2DB

split-complementary

#C8A3DB #D2DBA3 #A3DBAC

monochromatic

#934BB9 #AE77CA #C8A3DB #E2CFEC #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3DB

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3DB	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.088 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bee6',
    500: '#c8a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3db;
$custom-light: #d9bee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.43588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3DB

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B72F5D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3DB

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

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