#C8A3E1#C8A3E1

#C8A3E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.095 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3E1
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 225)
HSL	hsl(276, 51%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 24.94, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 36.17, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0628 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.095 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5049, 43.9106, 77.0345)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3E1 #BCE1A3

analogous

#A9A3E1 #C8A3E1 #E1A3DB

triadic

#C8A3E1 #E1C8A3 #A3E1C8

tetradic

#C8A3E1 #E1A9A3 #BCE1A3 #A3DBE1

square

#C8A3E1 #E1A9A3 #BCE1A3 #A3DBE1

split-complementary

#C8A3E1 #DBE1A3 #A3E1A9

monochromatic

#9147C3 #AC75D2 #C8A3E1 #E4D1F0 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C8A3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3E1

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3E1	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.095 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beea',
    500: '#c8a3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3e1;
$custom-light: #d9beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3E1

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BE2764

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3E1

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

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