#C8A4DD#C8A4DD

#C8A4DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.089 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4DD
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 23.57, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 33.54, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0602 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.089 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1439, 44.0514, 74.2538)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4DD #B9DDA4

analogous

#ABA4DD #C8A4DD #DDA4D5

triadic

#C8A4DD #DDC8A4 #A4DDC8

tetradic

#C8A4DD #DDABA4 #B9DDA4 #A4D5DD

square

#C8A4DD #DDABA4 #B9DDA4 #A4D5DD

split-complementary

#C8A4DD #D5DDA4 #A4DDAB

monochromatic

#924BBC #AD77CC #C8A4DD #E3D1EE #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C8A4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4DD

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4DD	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.089 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe7',
    500: '#c8a4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4dd;
$custom-light: #d9bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.08859,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4DD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#B92D60

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4DD

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

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