#C8A5D5#C8A5D5

#C8A5D5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.077 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5D5
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 36%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(284, 23%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 21.41, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 28.98, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% 0.0563 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.077 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2830, 43.9945, 68.8335)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5D5 #B2D5A5

analogous

#B0A5D5 #C8A5D5 #D5A5CA

triadic

#C8A5D5 #D5C8A5 #A5D5C8

tetradic

#C8A5D5 #D5B0A5 #B2D5A5 #A5CAD5

square

#C8A5D5 #D5B0A5 #B2D5A5 #A5CAD5

split-complementary

#C8A5D5 #CAD5A5 #A5D5B0

monochromatic

#9552AE #AF7BC2 #C8A5D5 #E2CFE8 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8A5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5D5

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5D5	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.077 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e2',
    500: '#c8a5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5d5;
$custom-light: #d9c0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76886,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5D5

secondary

#E3ECDF

accent

#AF3657

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5D5

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

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