#C8A4CC#C8A4CC

#C8A4CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.069 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4CC
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(294, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 20.20, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 25.41, 322.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0549 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.069 323)
XYZ	xyz(47.9926, 43.1908, 62.9235)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4CC #A8CCA4

analogous

#B4A4CC #C8A4CC #CCA4BC

triadic

#C8A4CC #CCC8A4 #A4CCC8

tetradic

#C8A4CC #CCB4A4 #A8CCA4 #A4BCCC

square

#C8A4CC #CCB4A4 #A8CCA4 #A4BCCC

split-complementary

#C8A4CC #BCCCA4 #A4CCB4

monochromatic

#96589D #B07DB6 #C8A4CC #E0CBE2 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8A4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4CC

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4CC	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.069 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfdb',
    500: '#c8a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4cc;
$custom-light: #d9bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 28.169,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76371,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.4319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4CC

secondary

#E1EBE0

accent

#A73F49

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4CC

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

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