#C8A4E4#C8A4E4

#C8A4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.097 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E4
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 25.02, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 37.03, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0622 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.097 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0960, 44.4322, 79.2682)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E4 #C0E4A4

analogous

#A8A4E4 #C8A4E4 #E4A4E0

triadic

#C8A4E4 #E4C8A4 #A4E4C8

tetradic

#C8A4E4 #E4A8A4 #C0E4A4 #A4E0E4

square

#C8A4E4 #E4A8A4 #C0E4A4 #A4E0E4

split-complementary

#C8A4E4 #E0E4A4 #A4E4A8

monochromatic

#8F46C8 #AB75D6 #C8A4E4 #E5D3F2 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E4

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E4	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.097 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfec',
    500: '#c8a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e4;
$custom-light: #d9bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E4

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C22469

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E4

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

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