#C8A4E7#C8A4E7

#C8A4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.101 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E7
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, 25.65, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 38.54, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.063 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.101 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5161, 44.6002, 81.4806)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E7 #C3E7A4

analogous

#A7A4E7 #C8A4E7 #E7A4E4

triadic

#C8A4E7 #E7C8A4 #A4E7C8

tetradic

#C8A4E7 #E7A7A4 #C3E7A4 #A4E4E7

square

#C8A4E7 #E7A7A4 #C3E7A4 #A4E4E7

split-complementary

#C8A4E7 #E4E7A4 #A4E7A7

monochromatic

#8D43CD #AB74DA #C8A4E7 #E5D4F4 #F0E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C8A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E7

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E7	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.101 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfee',
    500: '#c8a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e7;
$custom-light: #d9bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77408,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E7

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C6206D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E7

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

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