#C8A4E5#C8A4E5

#C8A4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.098 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E5
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 25.23, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 37.54, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0625 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.098 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2352, 44.4879, 80.0015)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E5 #C1E5A4

analogous

#A8A4E5 #C8A4E5 #E5A4E2

triadic

#C8A4E5 #E5C8A4 #A4E5C8

tetradic

#C8A4E5 #E5A8A4 #C1E5A4 #A4E2E5

square

#C8A4E5 #E5A8A4 #C1E5A4 #A4E2E5

split-complementary

#C8A4E5 #E2E5A4 #A4E5A8

monochromatic

#8E45CA #AB74D7 #C8A4E5 #E5D4F3 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E5

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E5	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.098 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfed',
    500: '#c8a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e5;
$custom-light: #d9bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77326,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E5

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C3226A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E5

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

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