#C8A3E4#C8A3E4

#C8A3E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.099 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3E4
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, 25.57, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 37.67, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0637 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.099 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9177, 44.0757, 79.2088)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3E4 #BFE4A3

analogous

#A8A3E4 #C8A3E4 #E4A3E0

triadic

#C8A3E4 #E4C8A3 #A3E4C8

tetradic

#C8A3E4 #E4A8A3 #BFE4A3 #A3E0E4

square

#C8A3E4 #E4A8A3 #BFE4A3 #A3E0E4

split-complementary

#C8A3E4 #E0E4A3 #A3E4A8

monochromatic

#8F44C8 #AC74D6 #C8A3E4 #E4D2F2 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C8A3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3E4

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3E4	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.099 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beec',
    500: '#c8a3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3e4;
$custom-light: #d9beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77104,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3E4

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C22368

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3E4

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

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