#C8A5C8#C8A5C8

#C8A5C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.063 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5C8
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 18.89, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 22.95, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0521 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.063 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6986, 43.3607, 60.4891)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5C8 #A5C8A5

analogous

#B7A5C8 #C8A5C8 #C8A5B7

triadic

#C8A5C8 #C8C8A5 #A5C8C8

tetradic

#C8A5C8 #C8B7A5 #A5C8A5 #A5B7C8

square

#C8A5C8 #C8B7A5 #A5C8A5 #A5B7C8

split-complementary

#C8A5C8 #B7C8A5 #A5C8B7

monochromatic

#975C97 #B17FB1 #C8A5C8 #DFCBDF #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C8A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5C8

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5C8	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.063 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfd8',
    500: '#c8a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5c8;
$custom-light: #d9bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.06269,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5C8

secondary

#E0E9E0

accent

#A34343

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5C8

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

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