#C8A3EC#C8A3EC

#C8A3EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.109 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3EC
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, 27.26, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 41.71, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0658 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.109 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0541, 44.5302, 85.1935)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3EC #C7ECA3

analogous

#A3A3EC #C8A3EC #ECA3EB

triadic

#C8A3EC #ECC8A3 #A3ECC8

tetradic

#C8A3EC #ECA3A3 #C7ECA3 #A3EBEC

square

#C8A3EC #ECA3A3 #C7ECA3 #A3EBEC

split-complementary

#C8A3EC #EBECA3 #A3ECA3

monochromatic

#8B3ED7 #AA70E2 #C8A3EC #E6D6F6 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8A3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3EC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3EC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.109 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bef2',
    500: '#c8a3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3ec;
$custom-light: #d9bef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.411,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77435,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3EC

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE1872

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3EC

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

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