#C8A5CE#C8A5CE

#C8A5CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.069 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5CE
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 20.04, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 25.67, 321.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0541 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.069 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4136, 43.6467, 64.2548)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5CE #ABCEA5

analogous

#B4A5CE #C8A5CE #CEA5BF

triadic

#C8A5CE #CEC8A5 #A5CEC8

tetradic

#C8A5CE #CEB4A5 #ABCEA5 #A5BFCE

square

#C8A5CE #CEB4A5 #ABCEA5 #A5BFCE

split-complementary

#C8A5CE #BFCEA5 #A5CEB4

monochromatic

#9658A1 #B07DB8 #C8A5CE #E0CDE4 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5CE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5CE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.069 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0dd',
    500: '#c8a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ce;
$custom-light: #d9c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7663,
    "c": 0.06921,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5CE

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A83D4D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5CE

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

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