#C8A5D2#C8A5D2

#C8A5D2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.074 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5D2
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 33%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(287, 21%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 20.82, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 27.55, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0554 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.074 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9057, 43.8436, 66.8466)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5D2 #AFD2A5

analogous

#B1A5D2 #C8A5D2 #D2A5C5

triadic

#C8A5D2 #D2C8A5 #A5D2C8

tetradic

#C8A5D2 #D2B1A5 #AFD2A5 #A5C5D2

square

#C8A5D2 #D2B1A5 #AFD2A5 #A5C5D2

split-complementary

#C8A5D2 #C5D2A5 #A5D2B1

monochromatic

#9654A8 #AF7CBE #C8A5D2 #E1CEE6 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C8A5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5D2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5D2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.074 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0df',
    500: '#c8a5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5d2;
$custom-light: #d9c0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76775,
    "c": 0.07375,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5D2

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#AC3953

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5D2

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

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