#C8A4CE#C8A4CE

#C8A4CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.071 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4CE
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 20.59, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 26.33, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0556 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.071 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2340, 43.2874, 64.1949)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4CE #AACEA4

analogous

#B3A4CE #C8A4CE #CEA4BF

triadic

#C8A4CE #CEC8A4 #A4CEC8

tetradic

#C8A4CE #CEB3A4 #AACEA4 #A4BFCE

square

#C8A4CE #CEB3A4 #AACEA4 #A4BFCE

split-complementary

#C8A4CE #BFCEA4 #A4CEB3

monochromatic

#9657A1 #B07CB9 #C8A4CE #E0CCE3 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C8A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4CE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4CE	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.071 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfdd',
    500: '#c8a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4ce;
$custom-light: #d9bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76443,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4CE

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A93D4C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4CE

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

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