#C8A4E6#C8A4E6

#C8A4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E6
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 25.44, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 38.04, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0628 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.1 309)
XYZ	xyz(51.3752, 44.5439, 80.7389)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E6 #C2E6A4

analogous

#A7A4E6 #C8A4E6 #E6A4E3

triadic

#C8A4E6 #E6C8A4 #A4E6C8

tetradic

#C8A4E6 #E6A7A4 #C2E6A4 #A4E3E6

square

#C8A4E6 #E6A7A4 #C2E6A4 #A4E3E6

split-complementary

#C8A4E6 #E3E6A4 #A4E6A7

monochromatic

#8E44CC #AB74D9 #C8A4E6 #E5D4F3 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E6

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E6	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfee',
    500: '#c8a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e6;
$custom-light: #d9bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.44543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E6

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C4216B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E6

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

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