#C8A5CF#C8A5CF

#C8A5CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.070 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5CF
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(290, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 20.23, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 26.14, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0544 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.07 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5355, 43.6955, 64.8966)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5CF #ACCFA5

analogous

#B3A5CF #C8A5CF #CFA5C1

triadic

#C8A5CF #CFC8A5 #A5CFC8

tetradic

#C8A5CF #CFB3A5 #ACCFA5 #A5C1CF

square

#C8A5CF #CFB3A5 #ACCFA5 #A5C1CF

split-complementary

#C8A5CF #C1CFA5 #A5CFB3

monochromatic

#9657A3 #B07DBA #C8A5CF #E0CDE4 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5CF

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5CF	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.070 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0dd',
    500: '#c8a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5cf;
$custom-light: #d9c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.07033,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5CF

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A93C4E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5CF

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

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