#C8A4E3#C8A4E3

#C8A4E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.096 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E3
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 24.81, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 36.53, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0619 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.096 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9576, 44.3768, 78.5393)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E3 #BFE3A4

analogous

#A9A4E3 #C8A4E3 #E3A4DF

triadic

#C8A4E3 #E3C8A4 #A4E3C8

tetradic

#C8A4E3 #E3A9A4 #BFE3A4 #A4DFE3

square

#C8A4E3 #E3A9A4 #BFE3A4 #A4DFE3

split-complementary

#C8A4E3 #DFE3A4 #A4E3A9

monochromatic

#8F46C6 #AC75D5 #C8A4E3 #E4D3F1 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E3

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E3	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.096 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfec',
    500: '#c8a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e3;
$custom-light: #d9bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.09594,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E3

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C02568

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E3

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

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