#C8A4D3#C8A4D3

#C8A4D3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.077 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4D3
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 35%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(286, 22%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 21.56, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 28.68, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0572 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.077 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8510, 43.5342, 67.4449)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4D3 #AFD3A4

analogous

#B0A4D3 #C8A4D3 #D3A4C6

triadic

#C8A4D3 #D3C8A4 #A4D3C8

tetradic

#C8A4D3 #D3B0A4 #AFD3A4 #A4C6D3

square

#C8A4D3 #D3B0A4 #AFD3A4 #A4C6D3

split-complementary

#C8A4D3 #C6D3A4 #A4D3B0

monochromatic

#9652AA #AF7BBF #C8A4D3 #E1CDE7 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8A4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4D3

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4D3	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.077 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe0',
    500: '#c8a4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4d3;
$custom-light: #d9bfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.957,
    "s": 34.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.0767,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4D3

secondary

#E2ECDF

accent

#AE3853

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4D3

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

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