#C8A5CA#C8A5CA

#C8A5CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.065 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5CA
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(297, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(297, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 19.27, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 23.84, 323.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0528 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.065 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9339, 43.4548, 61.7282)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5CA #A7CAA5

analogous

#B6A5CA #C8A5CA #CAA5BA

triadic

#C8A5CA #CAC8A5 #A5CAC8

tetradic

#C8A5CA #CAB6A5 #A7CAA5 #A5BACA

square

#C8A5CA #CAB6A5 #A7CAA5 #A5BACA

split-complementary

#C8A5CA #BACAA5 #A5CAB6

monochromatic

#975B9A #B07EB3 #C8A5CA #E0CCE1 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C8A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5CA

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5CA	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.065 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfda',
    500: '#c8a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ca;
$custom-light: #d9bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.757,
    "s": 25.874,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76487,
    "c": 0.06482,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5CA

secondary

#E1EAE1

accent

#A44146

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5CA

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

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