#C8A3E2#C8A3E2

#C8A3E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.096 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3E2
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 25.15, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 36.67, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.0631 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.096 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6417, 43.9653, 77.7551)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3E2 #BDE2A3

analogous

#A9A3E2 #C8A3E2 #E2A3DD

triadic

#C8A3E2 #E2C8A3 #A3E2C8

tetradic

#C8A3E2 #E2A9A3 #BDE2A3 #A3DDE2

square

#C8A3E2 #E2A9A3 #BDE2A3 #A3DDE2

split-complementary

#C8A3E2 #DDE2A3 #A3E2A9

monochromatic

#9046C5 #AC74D3 #C8A3E2 #E4D2F1 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8A3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3E2

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3E2	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.096 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beeb',
    500: '#c8a3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3e2;
$custom-light: #d9beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.238,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.09644,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BF2665

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3E2

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

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