#C8A4E1#C8A4E1

#C8A4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.093 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E1
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 24.39, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 35.53, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0614 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.093 311)
XYZ	xyz(50.6831, 44.2671, 77.0940)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E1 #BDE1A4

analogous

#AAA4E1 #C8A4E1 #E1A4DC

triadic

#C8A4E1 #E1C8A4 #A4E1C8

tetradic

#C8A4E1 #E1AAA4 #BDE1A4 #A4DCE1

square

#C8A4E1 #E1AAA4 #BDE1A4 #A4DCE1

split-complementary

#C8A4E1 #DCE1A4 #A4E1AA

monochromatic

#9048C3 #AC76D2 #C8A4E1 #E4D2F0 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E1

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E1	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.093 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfea',
    500: '#c8a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e1;
$custom-light: #d9bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.41,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77165,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.44267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E1

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BE2865

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E1

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

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