#C8A4DE#C8A4DE

#C8A4DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.090 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4DE
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 47%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, 23.78, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 34.04, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0605 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.09 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2775, 44.1048, 74.9575)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4DE #BADEA4

analogous

#ABA4DE #C8A4DE #DEA4D7

triadic

#C8A4DE #DEC8A4 #A4DEC8

tetradic

#C8A4DE #DEABA4 #BADEA4 #A4D7DE

square

#C8A4DE #DEABA4 #BADEA4 #A4D7DE

split-complementary

#C8A4DE #D7DEA4 #A4DEAB

monochromatic

#924ABD #AD77CE #C8A4DE #E3D1EE #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C8A4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4DE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4DE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.090 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe8',
    500: '#c8a4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4de;
$custom-light: #d9bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4DE

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BA2B62

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4DE

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

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