#C8A5CC#C8A5CC

#C8A5CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.067 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5CC
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(294, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 19.65, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 24.75, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0534 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.067 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1722, 43.5502, 62.9834)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5CC #A9CCA5

analogous

#B4A5CC #C8A5CC #CCA5BD

triadic

#C8A5CC #CCC8A5 #A5CCC8

tetradic

#C8A5CC #CCB4A5 #A9CCA5 #A5BDCC

square

#C8A5CC #CCB4A5 #A9CCA5 #A5BDCC

split-complementary

#C8A5CC #BDCCA5 #A5CCB4

monochromatic

#96599D #B07EB6 #C8A5CC #E0CCE2 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5CC

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5CC	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.067 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfdb',
    500: '#c8a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5cc;
$custom-light: #d9bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.846,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76558,
    "c": 0.06699,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5CC

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A63F4A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5CC

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

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