#C8A4E8#C8A4E8

#C8A4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.102 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E8
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, 25.86, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 39.05, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0633 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.102 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6577, 44.6569, 82.2265)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E8 #C4E8A4

analogous

#A6A4E8 #C8A4E8 #E8A4E6

triadic

#C8A4E8 #E8C8A4 #A4E8C8

tetradic

#C8A4E8 #E8A6A4 #C4E8A4 #A4E6E8

square

#C8A4E8 #E8A6A4 #C4E8A4 #A4E6E8

split-complementary

#C8A4E8 #E6E8A4 #A4E8A6

monochromatic

#8D42CF #AA73DC #C8A4E8 #E6D5F4 #F0E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C8A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E8	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.102 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfef',
    500: '#c8a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e8;
$custom-light: #d9bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77449,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E8

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C71E6E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E8

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

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