#C8A4C8#C8A4C8

#C8A4C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.065 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4C8
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 19.44, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 23.61, 325.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0536 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.065 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5190, 43.0014, 60.4293)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4C8 #A4C8A4

analogous

#B6A4C8 #C8A4C8 #C8A4B6

triadic

#C8A4C8 #C8C8A4 #A4C8C8

tetradic

#C8A4C8 #C8B6A4 #A4C8A4 #A4B6C8

square

#C8A4C8 #C8B6A4 #A4C8A4 #A4B6C8

split-complementary

#C8A4C8 #B6C8A4 #A4C8B6

monochromatic

#975B97 #B17EB1 #C8A4C8 #DFCADF #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8A4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4C8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4C8	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.065 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfd8',
    500: '#c8a4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4c8;
$custom-light: #d9bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.658,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76229,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4C8

secondary

#DFE9DF

accent

#A34242

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4C8

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

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