#C8A4EA#C8A4EA

#C8A4EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.105 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4EA
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 26.29, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 40.06, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% 0.0638 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.105 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9434, 44.7712, 83.7312)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4EA #C6EAA4

analogous

#A5A4EA #C8A4EA #EAA4E9

triadic

#C8A4EA #EAC8A4 #A4EAC8

tetradic

#C8A4EA #EAA5A4 #C6EAA4 #A4E9EA

square

#C8A4EA #EAA5A4 #C6EAA4 #A4E9EA

split-complementary

#C8A4EA #E9EAA4 #A4EAA5

monochromatic

#8C41D3 #AA72DF #C8A4EA #E6D6F5 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8A4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4EA

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4EA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.105 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bff1',
    500: '#c8a4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4ea;
$custom-light: #d9bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77532,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4EA

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CA1B70

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4EA

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

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