#C8A3DD#C8A3DD

#C8A3DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.090 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3DD
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 24.12, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 34.19, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0617 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.09 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9656, 43.6949, 74.1944)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3DD #B8DDA3

analogous

#ABA3DD #C8A3DD #DDA3D5

triadic

#C8A3DD #DDC8A3 #A3DDC8

tetradic

#C8A3DD #DDABA3 #B8DDA3 #A3D5DD

square

#C8A3DD #DDABA3 #B8DDA3 #A3D5DD

split-complementary

#C8A3DD #D5DDA3 #A3DDAB

monochromatic

#934ABC #AD76CC #C8A3DD #E3D0EE #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3DD

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3DD	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.090 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bee7',
    500: '#c8a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3dd;
$custom-light: #d9bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.276,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76824,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3DD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#B92C5F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3DD

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

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