#C8A4CD#C8A4CD

#C8A4CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.070 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4CD
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(293, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 20.39, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 25.87, 322.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0553 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.07 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1129, 43.2390, 63.5572)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4CD #A9CDA4

analogous

#B4A4CD #C8A4CD #CDA4BE

triadic

#C8A4CD #CDC8A4 #A4CDC8

tetradic

#C8A4CD #CDB4A4 #A9CDA4 #A4BECD

square

#C8A4CD #CDB4A4 #A9CDA4 #A4BECD

split-complementary

#C8A4CD #BECDA4 #A4CDB4

monochromatic

#96579F #B07DB7 #C8A4CD #E0CBE3 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4CD

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4CD	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.070 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfdc',
    500: '#c8a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4cd;
$custom-light: #d9bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.683,
    "s": 29.078,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.06989,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4CD

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A83E4B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4CD

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

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