#C8A4E2#C8A4E2

#C8A4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.095 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E2
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 24.60, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 36.03, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0617 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.095 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8200, 44.3218, 77.8145)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E2 #BEE2A4

analogous

#A9A4E2 #C8A4E2 #E2A4DD

triadic

#C8A4E2 #E2C8A4 #A4E2C8

tetradic

#C8A4E2 #E2A9A4 #BEE2A4 #A4DDE2

square

#C8A4E2 #E2A9A4 #BEE2A4 #A4DDE2

split-complementary

#C8A4E2 #DDE2A4 #A4E2A9

monochromatic

#9047C4 #AC76D3 #C8A4E2 #E4D2F1 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C8A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E2

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E2	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.095 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfeb',
    500: '#c8a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e2;
$custom-light: #d9bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77205,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BF2666

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E2

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

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