#C8A4DC#C8A4DC

#C8A4DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.087 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4DC
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 23.37, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 33.05, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% 0.0599 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.087 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0110, 43.9982, 73.5542)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4DC #B8DCA4

analogous

#ACA4DC #C8A4DC #DCA4D4

triadic

#C8A4DC #DCC8A4 #A4DCC8

tetradic

#C8A4DC #DCACA4 #B8DCA4 #A4D4DC

square

#C8A4DC #DCACA4 #B8DCA4 #A4D4DC

split-complementary

#C8A4DC #D4DCA4 #A4DCAC

monochromatic

#934CBA #AD78CB #C8A4DC #E3D0ED #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4DC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4DC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.087 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe7',
    500: '#c8a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4dc;
$custom-light: #d9bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76968,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4DC

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B82E5F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4DC

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

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