#C8A4D8#C8A4D8

#C8A4D8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.083 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4D8
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 40%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 22.56, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 31.09, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0587 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.083 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4876, 43.7889, 70.7975)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4D8 #B4D8A4

analogous

#AEA4D8 #C8A4D8 #D8A4CE

triadic

#C8A4D8 #D8C8A4 #A4D8C8

tetradic

#C8A4D8 #D8AEA4 #B4D8A4 #A4CED8

square

#C8A4D8 #D8AEA4 #B4D8A4 #A4CED8

split-complementary

#C8A4D8 #CED8A4 #A4D8AE

monochromatic

#944EB3 #AE79C6 #C8A4D8 #E2CFEA #F2EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C8A4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4D8

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4D8	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.083 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe4',
    500: '#c8a4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4d8;
$custom-light: #d9bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4D8

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B3325A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4D8

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

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