#C8A5CD#C8A5CD

#C8A5CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.068 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5CD
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(293, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 19.84, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 25.21, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.0538 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.068 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2925, 43.5983, 63.6171)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5CD #AACDA5

analogous

#B4A5CD #C8A5CD #CDA5BE

triadic

#C8A5CD #CDC8A5 #A5CDC8

tetradic

#C8A5CD #CDB4A5 #AACDA5 #A5BECD

square

#C8A5CD #CDB4A5 #AACDA5 #A5BECD

split-complementary

#C8A5CD #BECDA5 #A5CDB4

monochromatic

#96589F #B07EB7 #C8A5CD #E0CCE3 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5CD

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5CD	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.068 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0dc',
    500: '#c8a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5cd;
$custom-light: #d9c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.0681,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5CD

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A73E4B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5CD

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

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