#C8A4E0#C8A4E0

#C8A4E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.092 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E0
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 24.19, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 35.03, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0611 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.092 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5471, 44.2127, 76.3776)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E0 #BCE0A4

analogous

#AAA4E0 #C8A4E0 #E0A4DA

triadic

#C8A4E0 #E0C8A4 #A4E0C8

tetradic

#C8A4E0 #E0AAA4 #BCE0A4 #A4DAE0

square

#C8A4E0 #E0AAA4 #BCE0A4 #A4DAE0

split-complementary

#C8A4E0 #DAE0A4 #A4E0AA

monochromatic

#9149C1 #AC76D0 #C8A4E0 #E4D2F0 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C8A4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E0

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E0	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.092 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe9',
    500: '#c8a4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e0;
$custom-light: #d9bfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77125,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E0

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BC2964

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E0

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

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