#C8A4DB#C8A4DB

#C8A4DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.086 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4DB
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 23.16, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 32.56, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0596 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.086 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8790, 43.9454, 72.8588)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4DB #B7DBA4

analogous

#ADA4DB #C8A4DB #DBA4D2

triadic

#C8A4DB #DBC8A4 #A4DBC8

tetradic

#C8A4DB #DBADA4 #B7DBA4 #A4D2DB

square

#C8A4DB #DBADA4 #B7DBA4 #A4D2DB

split-complementary

#C8A4DB #D2DBA4 #A4DBAD

monochromatic

#934CB8 #AD78CA #C8A4DB #E3D0EC #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4DB

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4DB	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.086 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe6',
    500: '#c8a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4db;
$custom-light: #d9bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4DB

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B62F5E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4DB

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

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