#C8A3EE#C8A3EE

#C8A3EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A3EE
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 31.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 27.69, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 42.73, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0663 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.111 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3463, 44.6471, 86.7324)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A3EE #C9EEA3

analogous

#A3A3EE #C8A3EE #EDA3EE

triadic

#C8A3EE #EEC8A3 #A3EEC8

tetradic

#C8A3EE #EEA3A3 #C9EEA3 #A3EEED

square

#C8A3EE #EEA3A3 #C9EEA3 #A3EEED

split-complementary

#C8A3EE #EEEDA3 #A3EEA3

monochromatic

#8A3CDB #A96FE4 #C8A3EE #E7D7F8 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C8A3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A3EE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A3EE	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bef3',
    500: '#c8a3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a3ee;
$custom-light: #d9bef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77519,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A3EE

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D11574

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A3EE

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

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