#C8A4EC#C8A4EC

#C8A4EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4EC
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 26.71, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 41.08, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0644 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.107 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2323, 44.8867, 85.2530)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4EC #C8ECA4

analogous

#A4A4EC #C8A4EC #ECA4EC

triadic

#C8A4EC #ECC8A4 #A4ECC8

tetradic

#C8A4EC #ECA4A4 #C8ECA4 #A4ECEC

square

#C8A4EC #ECA4A4 #C8ECA4 #A4ECEC

split-complementary

#C8A4EC #ECECA4 #A4ECA4

monochromatic

#8B3FD7 #A971E1 #C8A4EC #E7D7F7 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C8A4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4EC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4EC	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bff2',
    500: '#c8a4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4ec;
$custom-light: #d9bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77615,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4EC

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CD1873

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4EC

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

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