#C8A5CB#C8A5CB

#C8A5CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.066 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5CB
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(295, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 19.46, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 24.30, 323.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0531 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.066 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0527, 43.5023, 62.3538)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5CB #A8CBA5

analogous

#B5A5CB #C8A5CB #CBA5BB

triadic

#C8A5CB #CBC8A5 #A5CBC8

tetradic

#C8A5CB #CBB5A5 #A8CBA5 #A5BBCB

square

#C8A5CB #CBB5A5 #A8CBA5 #A5BBCB

split-complementary

#C8A5CB #BBCBA5 #A5CBB5

monochromatic

#965A9C #B07EB5 #C8A5CB #E0CCE1 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5CB

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5CB	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.066 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfda',
    500: '#c8a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5cb;
$custom-light: #d9bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.263,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.0659,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5CB

secondary

#E1EAE1

accent

#A54048

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5CB

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

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